Read Jonah 2 of the KJV to discover the profound insights it holds for us on this blessed day. For more verses, check out the Book of Jonah.
Jonah 2 Summary
Jonah 2 recounts Jonah’s prayer of repentance and deliverance from the belly of a great fish. Inside the fish’s stomach, Jonah acknowledges his distress and cries out to God from the depths of Sheol. He admits his disobedience and vows to praise God, believing in His salvation. God commands the fish to vomit Jonah onto dry land, demonstrating His mercy despite Jonah’s reluctance to fulfill his mission to Nineveh. This chapter underscores God’s sovereignty and willingness to forgive those who turn to Him in genuine repentance.
Jonah 2:1-10 KJV
Jonah’s Prayer
1. Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
2. And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
3. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy 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 for ever: yet hast thou 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 unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
10. And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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