Jonah 2

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2:1
וַיְמַן יְהוָה דָּג גָּדוֹל לִבְלֹעַ אֶת־יוֹנָה וַיְהִי יוֹנָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּג שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֵילוֹת׃
And the LORD prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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2:2
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל יוֹנָה אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו מִמְּעֵי הַדָּגָה׃
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly.
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2:3
וַיֹּאמֶר קָרָאתִי מִצָּרָה לִי אֶל־יְהוָה וַיַּעֲנֵנִי מִבֶּטֶן שְׁאוֹל שִׁוַּעְתִּי שָׁמַעְתָּ קוֹלִי׃
And he said: I called out of my affliction To the LORD, and He answered me; Out of the belly of the grave I cried, And You heard my voice.
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2:4
וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַב יַמִּים וְנָהָר יְסֹבְבֵנִי כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ׃
For You cast me into the depth, In the heart of the seas, And the flood was around me; All Your waves and Your billows Passed over me.
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2:5
וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְרַשְׁתִּי מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ אַךְ אוֹסִיף לְהַבִּיט אֶל־הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ׃
And I said: ‘I have been cast out From before Your eyes’; Yet I will look again Toward Your holy temple.
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2:6
אֲפָפוּנִי מַיִם עַד־נֶפֶשׁ תְּהוֹם יְסֹבְבֵנִי סוּף חָבוּשׁ לְרֹאשִׁי׃
The waters circled me about, even to the soul; The deep was around me; The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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2:7
לְקִצְבֵי הָרִים יָרַדְתִּי הָאָרֶץ בְּרִחֶיהָ בַעֲדִי לְעוֹלָם וַתַּעַל מִשַּׁחַת חַיַּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי׃
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with her bars closed over me for ever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.
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2:8
בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלַי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה זָכָרְתִּי וַתָּבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִי אֶל־הֵיכַל קָדְשֶׁךָ׃
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer came in to You, Into Your holy temple.
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2:9
מְשַׁמְּרִים הַבְלֵי־שָׁוְא חַסְדָּם יַעֲזֹבוּ׃
Those who respect lying vanities Abandon mercy.
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2:10
וַאֲנִי בְּקוֹל תּוֹדָה אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּךְ אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתִּי אֲשַׁלֵּמָה יְשׁוּעָתָה לַיהוָה׃
But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; What I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.
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2:11
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לַדָּג וַיָּקֵא אֶת־יוֹנָה אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָׁה׃
And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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@50StatesPlus1

Thanksgiving from inside the fish

Jonah's prayer from inside the fish reads almost entirely as thanksgiving for deliverance already granted, even though he's still technically inside the fish as he prays it. Jesus later references Jonah's three days as a sign pointing toward his own ...

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@Rashi

Rashi on Jonah 2:1

<b>a huge fish</b>—It was a male, and he stood there with room, so that he did not think to pray. The Holy One, blessed he He, hinted to the fish, and it spewed him out into the mouth of a female, which was full of embryos, and it was crowded there, ...

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