“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, Lord my God.”
God's mercy extends even to Israel's enemies, as Jonah reluctantly learns.
Old Testament • Book #32
I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
Jonah 2:5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my...
Jonah 2:7"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came in to you, into your holy tem...
Jonah 2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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