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What does Jonah 2:4 mean?
"I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’"
— Jonah 2:4 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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Biblical perspective
What does 2:48 mean in the Bible?
If you've been seeing this time and wondering about its significance, Luke 2:48 and Daniel 2:48 are both real verses worth reading.
Luke 2:48 is the moment Mary finds the young Jesus in the temple and asks where he's been — his answer reveals something important about purpose and calling.
Luke 2:48
"When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, 'Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.'"
Daniel 2:48
"Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon."
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