Rebounding from Rebellion
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Jonah 1:3a ESV
But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
Jonah 1:3b ESV
he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
Jonah 1:10b ESV
For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
Jonah 1:4 ESV
But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.
Jonah 1:11b ESV
For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
Jonah 1:13b ESV
for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
Jonah 1:6a NIV-84
The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep?”
Jonah 1:17 ESV
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.
There are plenty of accounts. They're all on the internet and I should think they are all untrue because there are all sorts of reasons why I don't think it's likely that anyone's really going to survive - at least not for very long - inside any of these animals. Killer whales and sperm whales... can swallow large prey. They can swallow large seals whole. We know sperm whales can swallow giant squid whole, so chances are, they could swallow a human whole. If you can survive the being swallowed part of it and get past all those teeth, you then will find yourself in a complex digestive system. They have up to four stomach chambers, like a cow. Find your way through those if you can while also dodging all those nasty digestive enzymes that are going to start corroding your skin. There really isn't any air in there. If there is any gas inside a whale, it's probably methane, and that's not going to help you out very much. We do know that whales can be flatulent, so there is some gas. They do have gassy pockets, but it's not air, not good to breath. Certainly, no air inside a fish, so I think that's really what's going to get you in the end. So I'm afraid no [a human cannot survive inside a fish].
~The Naked Scientist
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Jonah 2:2b ESV
out of the belly of Sheol I cried
Jonah 2:6 ESV
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.
Acts 2:31 NKJV
he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.
Jonah 2:7a ESV
When my life was fainting away,
Jonah 2:1-2 ESV
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 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.
Jonah 2:3-4 ESV
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. Then I said, 'I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'
Jonah 2:4a NAS
"So I said, 'I have been expelled from Your sight.
Jonah 2:4a MSG
I said, “I have been thrown away, thrown out, thrown out of your sight.’
2 Chronicles 6:21, 29-30 ESV
And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive… whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,
Jonah 2:5-7 ESV
The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head at 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. When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
Jonah 2:8 NLT
Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Psalms 115:4, 8 ESV
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
Jonah 2:8 NLT
Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
Jonah 2:9 NLT
But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.”
Jonah 2:10 ESV
And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Proverbs 16:25 NIV-84
There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.