Jonah 2:3

“For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.”

"For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me." - Jonah 2:3
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What does Jonah 2:3 mean?

Jonah 2:3 in the King James Version reads, “For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.” It comes from Jonah’s prayer “out of the fish’s belly,” after he has fled from the LORD’s…

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When God’s Waves Close Over Us: Learning to Pray from the Deep (Jonah 2:3)

“For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.” (Jonah 2:3, KJV) Jonah’s prayer from the belly of the fish is not a polished speech offered from a comfortable distance. It is the…

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When Thy Billows Pass Over Me: A Prayer from Jonah 2:3 (KJV)

Most Holy and Sovereign Lord, I come before Thee with reverence and with truth, acknowledging that Thou art God over the heights and over the depths, over the calm waters and over the raging seas. Thy hand is not shortened that it cannot save, and Thy eye is not dim that it…

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Jonah 2:3 - "For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me."
"For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me." - Jonah 2:3
Jonah 3:2 - "Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."
Jonah 3:1 - "And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,"
Jonah 3:3 - "So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey."
Jonah 2:2-9 Jonah praying in the belly of the fish.
Jonah 3:4 - "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah walking through the ancient city of Nineveh, preaching to the Assyrians. Jonah 3:4
Jonah 2:1 - "Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,"
Jonah 2:10 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land."
Jonah 2:2
"And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying," - Jonah 3:1
Jonah 2:2-6 Jonah sinking down in the deep blue water, with the whale about to swallow him.
Jonah 2:2-8 Jonah praying in the belly if the fish - myst be realistic, no skeletons, weird teeth, etc.
Jonah 2:8
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"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly," - Jonah 2:1
"So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey." - Jonah 3:3
Jonah 2:4 Ship fit for the period in which Jonah lived. In daytime, great tempest, big waves, strong winds
"Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee." - Jonah 3:2
"¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land." - Jonah 2:10
Jonah 1:3 - "But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD."
Jonah 2:8 - "They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy."
"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." - Jonah 3:4
Jonah 3:9 - "Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?"
Jonah 3:5 - "¶ So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."
Jonah 4:3 - "Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah 1:2 - "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me."
Jonah 2:9 - "But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD."