Jonah 2:5

“The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.”

"The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head." - Jonah 2:5
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What does Jonah 2:5 mean?

Jonah 2:5 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head." This verse comes from the book of Jonah in the Old Testament and is part of a prayer that Jonah…

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In the Depths: A Cry for Deliverance

**In the Depths: A Cry for Deliverance** In the profound narrative of Jonah, chapter two verse five, the King James Version exquisitely captures the desperation of a man ensnared in the depths of darkness: "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me…

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A Prayer of Deliverance in the Depths

O Sovereign Lord, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, on this day we come before You in reverent humility, acknowledging Your supreme authority and boundless mercy. As we reflect upon the words of Jonah—"The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me…

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Jonah 2:5 - "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head."
Jonah 2:2-9 Jonah praying in the belly of the fish.
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
Jonah 4:5-6 Jonah sitting in the desert under a shelter with a plant over the shelter overlooking the city of Nineveh.
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
Jonah 1:4-5 ancient sail ship appropriate for time of Jonah, in the mids of a great tempest, dark waters, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 4:5 - "So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city."
Jonah 1:5 - "Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep."
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"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly," - Jonah 2:1
Jonah 2:4 Ship fit for the period in which Jonah lived. In daytime, great tempest, big waves, strong winds
"¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land." - Jonah 2:10
Jonah 2:8 - "They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy."
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 3:2 - "Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."
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."
Jonah 2:10 the fish vonits him out on the dry kand
Jonah 2:2 - "And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice."
"They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy." - Jonah 2:8
"So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city." - Jonah 4:5
Jonah 2:4 - "Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."
Jonah 2:7 - "When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple."
"Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep." - Jonah 1:5
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."