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Jonah 2
New King James Version

### Jonah’s Prayer and God’s Answer

2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. 2 And he said:

“I (A)cried out to the Lord because of my affliction,
(B)And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And You heard my voice.
3 (C)For You cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
(D)All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
4 (E)Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again (F)toward Your holy temple.’
5 The (G)waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the [a]moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my (H)life from the pit,
O Lord, my God.

7 “When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the Lord;
(I)And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.

8 “Those who regard (J)worthless idols
Forsake their own [b]Mercy.
9 But I will (K)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have (L)vowed.
(M)Salvation is of the (N)Lord.”

10 So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

#### Footnotes

1. Jonah 2:6 foundations or bases
2. Jonah 2:8 Or Lovingkindness

#### Cross references

1. Jonah 2:2 : 1 Sam. 30:6; Ps. 120:1; Lam. 3:55
2. Jonah 2:2 : Ps. 65:2
3. Jonah 2:3 : Ps. 88:6
4. Jonah 2:3 : Ps. 42:7
5. Jonah 2:4 : Ps. 31:22; Jer. 7:15
6. Jonah 2:4 : 1 Kin. 8:38; 2 Chr. 6:38; Ps. 5:7
7. Jonah 2:5 : Ps. 69:1; Lam. 3:54
8. Jonah 2:6 : Job 33:28; [Ps. 16:10; Is. 38:17]
9. Jonah 2:7 : 2 Chr. 30:27; Ps. 18:6
10. Jonah 2:8 : 2 Kin. 17:15; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 10:8
11. Jonah 2:9 : Ps. 50:14, 23; Jer. 33:11; Hos. 14:2
12. Jonah 2:9 : Job 22:27; [Eccl. 5:4, 5]
13. Jonah 2:9 : Ps. 3:8; [Is. 45:17]
14. Jonah 2:9 : [Jer. 3:23]

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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