{"book":"Jonah","slug":"jonah","ch":2,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Jonah","prev":"jonah/1","next":"jonah/3","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,","f":[],"h":"Jonah’s Prayer","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"saying:“ In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, [and] You heard my voice.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"saying:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ In my distress I called to the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and He answered me."},{"style":"indent1","t":"From the belly of Sheol I called for help,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] You heard my voice."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For You cast me into the deep,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"into the heart of the seas,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and the current swirled about me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all Your breakers and waves swept over me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"At this, I said,‘ I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"At this, I said,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ I have been banished from Your sight;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"yet I will look once more"},{"style":"indent2","t":"toward Your holy temple.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The waters engulfed me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to take my life;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the watery depths closed around me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the seaweed wrapped around my head."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"To the roots of the mountains I descended;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the earth beneath me barred me in forever!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"But You raised my life from the pit,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O LORD my God!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"As my life was fading away,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I remembered the LORD."},{"style":"indent1","t":"My prayer went up to You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to Your holy temple."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Those who cling to worthless idols forsake [His] loving devotion.","f":["Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who cling to worthless idols"},{"style":"indent2","t":"forsake [His] loving devotion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But I, with the voice of thanksgiving,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will sacrifice to You."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will fulfill what I have vowed."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Salvation is from the LORD!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}