“For Thou hadst cast me into the deep,
In the midst of the seas;
And the floods compassed me about:
And Thy billows and Thy waves passed over me.”Jonah 2:3.
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“Then I said, I am cast out of Thy sight;
Yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
The waters compassed me about,
Even to the soul:”Jonah 2:4~5.
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“The depth closed me round about,
The weeds were wrapped about my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;
The earth with her bars was about me forever:”Jonah 2:5~6.
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“Yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption,
O Lord my God.
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord:
And my prayer came in unto Thee,
Into Thine holy temple.”Jonah 2:6~7.
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“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the Lord.”Jonah 2:8-9
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At last Jonah had learned that “salvation belongeth unto the Lord.”Psalm 3:8. With penitence and a recognition of the saving grace of God, came deliverance. Jonah was released from the perils of the mighty deep and was cast upon the dry land.
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Once more the servant of God was commissioned to warn Nineveh. “The word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.” This time he did not stop to question or doubt, but obeyed unhesitatingly. He “arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.”Jonah 3:1-3.
(PK 269.7)
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