2:1 Then the Lord ordained that a large fish would swallow Jonah and he remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
2:2 Then from the belly of the fish Jonah offered this prayer to the Lord, his God:
2:3 In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From the belly of the netherworld I cried out for help, and you heard my voice.
2:4 For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, and the flood enveloped me; all your waves and your billows swept over me.
2:5 Then I thought, “I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever be allowed again to look upon your holy temple?”
2:6 The waters around me rose to my neck, and the deep was closing around me; seaweed was twined around my head.
2:7 Down I plunged to the roots of the mountains, sinking to the netherworld whose bars would imprison me forever. But you brought me up alive from the pit, O Lord, my God.
2:8 As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer reached you in your holy temple.
2:9 Those who worship false gods abandon the source of their mercy.
2:10 But I with hymns of praise will offer sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will fulfill. Salvation comes from the Lord.
2:11 Then, in response to a command from the Lord, the fish spewed Jonah out upon the land.
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