World English Bible
Jonah 2:7
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.”
Verse in context — Jonah 2
5
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
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When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.
About Jonah
God’s mercy shown to Nineveh through Jonah’s reluctant mission.
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