Jonah 2 (LSB)

Chapter Text

2:1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish,

2:2 and he said, “I called out of my distress to Yahweh, And He answered me. I cried for help from the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.

2:3 For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current surrounded me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.

2:4 So I said, ‘I have been driven away from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

2:5 Water encompassed me to my very soul. The great deep surrounded me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.

2:6 I went down to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars closed behind me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O Yahweh my God.

2:7 While my soul was fainting within me, I remembered Yahweh, And my prayer came to You, To Your holy temple.

2:8 Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their lovingkindness,

2:9 But as for me, I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

2:10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "jonah", "prayed", "yahweh", "stomach", "fish", "said", and "distress". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "jonah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "called" and "jonah" carries the first interpretive weight. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "jonah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.