Jonah 2:2 (YLT)

Passage

And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

Nearby Context

Jonah 2:1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

Jonah 2:2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

Jonah 2:3 When Thou dost cast me <FI>into<Fi> the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

Jonah 2:4 And I--I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "saith", "distress", "jehovah", "doth", "answer", "belly", and "sheol". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "saith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God..." into verse 3's "When Thou dost cast me FI into...", so "called" and "saith" belong inside that flow. 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 "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.