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Jonah

Chapter 2

Summary

The prayer from the BELLY OF HELL. it records Jonah's cry to the LORD from the depths of the ocean and the interior of the great fish. it features the vivid descriptions of his affliction: the weeds wrapped around his head and his soul fainting within him: as he remembers the holy temple. it reaches its redemptive peak with the declaration that 'SALVATION IS OF THE LORD'. it conclude with the fish vomiting Jonah upon the dry land.

1

Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

2

And said, "I cried by reason of mine affliction to the LORD, and He heard me; [1] out of the belly of hell cried I, and You heardest my voice."

3

"For You hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all Your billows and Your waves passed over me."

4

"Then I said, 'I am cast out of Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.'"

5

"The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head."

6

"I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever: yet hast You brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God."

7

"When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in to You, into Your holy temple."

8

"They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy."

9

"But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. [2] Salvation is of the LORD."

10

And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Notes

[1]HEB: 'mib-beten Sheol' (Out of the belly of Sheol/Hell). Jonah's near-death experience in the deep; a prophetic type of the Messiah's descent into Hades.
[2]HEB: 'Yeshu'atah ladonai' (Salvation belongs to the LORD). The definitive declaration of divine sovereignty; only God can rescue those in the pit of destruction.