Jonah 2:1-2

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2 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish ²and said,

“I called from my distress^[a] to Yahweh,
and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol^[b] I cried for help—
you heard my voice.

Jonah 2:2 Literally “from distress for me”
Jonah 2:2 “Sheol” is a Hebrew term for the place where the dead reside (i.e. the Underworld)

Jonah 2:4

Lexham English Bible

⁴And I said, ‘I am banished^[a]
from your sight;
how^[b] will I continue to look^[c]
on your holy temple?’^[d]

Jonah 2:4 Or “expelled,” or “driven away”
Jonah 2:4 Or “however, I will continue to look on your holy temple”
Jonah 2:4 Literally “will I do again to look,” meaning “will I continue to look”
Jonah 2:4 Literally “on the temple of your holiness”

⁹But I, with a voice of thanksgiving,
will sacrifice to you;
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Deliverance^[a] belongs to Yahweh!”

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