The Bible Study - Jonah Chapter 2

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Jonah— Chapter 2 — Jonah’s Prayer.

With Guest :

Rev. Mark Hawkinson, Host of Moments of Assurance.

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Our guest pastor answers questions about the Bible, Christian faith, etc.

With Guest:

David Lewis of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Jonah — Chapter 2

Jonah’s Prayer

(1) Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, ⁽²⁾saying,

“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
⁽³⁾For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
⁽⁴⁾Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
⁽⁵⁾The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
⁽⁶⁾ at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
⁽⁷⁾When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
⁽⁸⁾Those who pay regard to vain idols
forsake their hope of steadfast love.
⁽⁹⁾But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the Lord!”