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Jonah 2:1-2
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Jonah's prayer

2 From inside the fish's stomach, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

2 He said,

    ‘When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord,
        and he answered my prayer.
    Yes, I called out to you for help from the deep hole of death,
        and you heard my prayer.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 The stomach of the great fish seemed as if it was Jonah's grave. He calls it the deep hole of death, the place where people go when they die.
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Jonah 2:1-2
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2 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:

“In my distress I called(A) to the Lord,(B)
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(C) I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1 is numbered 1:17, and 2:1-10 is numbered 2:2-11.
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