condition in 2:4–5. In this second look, however, the connection between Yahweh and the threatening waters has disappeared. Now the waters themselves ‘enclose’ Jonah to the point of death, the deep ‘surrounds’ him, and weeds are ‘wrapped’ around his head. These images are almost a depiction of a burial at sea, and clearly show the life-threatening aspect of Jonah’s time in the sea: will he escape? His chances of doing so are reduced even further by the depth of his descent: he sinks to the very ‘roots