Verse 8
Jonah 2:8
World English Bible, British Edition
8
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּ/הִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַ/י֙ נַפְשִׁ֔/י אֶת יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי וַ/תָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔/י אֶל הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁ/ךָ
English Translation
When my soul is wrapped in distress, I remember Yahweh, and my prayer comes to You, into Your holy temple.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God (Elohim), out of the fish’s belly.
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2
He said,
“I called because of my affliction to the LORD.
He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I...
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3
For you threw me into the depths,
in the heart of the seas.
The flood was all around me.
All your wa...
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4
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
yet I will look again towards your holy temple.’
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5
The waters surrounded me,
even to the soul.
The deep was around me.
The weeds were wrapped around my...
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6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
The earth barred me in forever;
yet you have brought my...
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7
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD.
My prayer came in to you, into your holy tem...
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8
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
9
But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving.
I will pay that which I have vowed.
Salv...
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10
Then The LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on
the dry land.
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