A Near Death Experience, Jonah 1:17-2:10

Jonah 1:17

A Great Fish Swallows Jonah

[17] And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. (ESV)

Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

[1] Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, [2] saying,

“I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,

and he answered me;

out of the belly of Sheol I cried,

and you heard my voice.

[3] For you cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

all your breakers and your waves

passed over me.

[4] Then I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

yet I shall again look

upon your holy temple.’

[5] The waters closed in over me to take my life;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped about my head.

[6] To the roots of the mountains I went down,

to the land whose bars closed upon me forever.

Yet you brought up my life from the pit,

O LORD my God.

[7] When my life was fainting away,

I remembered the LORD,

and my prayer came to you,

into your holy temple.

[8] Those who pay regard to vain idols

forsake their hope of steadfast love.

[9] But I with the voice of thanksgiving

will sacrifice to you;

what I have vowed I will pay.

Salvation belongs to the LORD!”

[10] And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.