Jonah 1:17–3:2

Jonah Is Swallowed by a Fish and Prays to Yahweh

17s And Yahweh provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

2 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish 2 and said,

“I called ⌊from my distress⌋a to Yahweh,

and he answered me;

from the belly of Sheolb I cried for help—

you heard my voice.

3 And you threw me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the sea currents surrounded me;

all your breakers and your surging waves

passed over me.

4 And I said, ‘I am banishedc

from your sight;

howd ⌊will I continue to look⌋e

⌊on your holy temple⌋?’f

5 The waters encompassed me up to my neck;

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;

the Underworld—its bars were around me forever.

But you brought up my life from the pit,

Yahweh my God.

7 When my life was ebbing away from me,

I remembered Yahweh,

and my prayer came to you,

⌊to your holy temple⌋.g

8 Those who worship vain idols

forsake their loyal love.h

9 But I, with a voice of thanksgiving,

will sacrifice to you;

I will fulfill what I have vowed.

Deliverancei belongs to Yahweh!”

10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.

The People of Nineveh Repent at Jonah’s Proclamation

3 And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim to it the message that I am telling you.”