World English Bible (WEB)
"For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. "
God's mercy extends even to Israel's enemies, as Jonah reluctantly learns.
Old Testament • Book #32
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the fish's belly.
Jonah 2:2He said, "I called because of my affliction to the Lord. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I...
Jonah 2:4I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
Jonah 2:5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my...
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