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What does Jonah 2:6 mean?

"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."

— Jonah 2:6 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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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.

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I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

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The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

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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.

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“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

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Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”

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