Jonah 2:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside   Sheol; you heard my voice.

Cross References

Hebrews 5:7

During his earthly life,  he offered prayers and appeals  with loud cries and tears  to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

1 Samuel 30:6

David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him,  for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish   , for three days and three nights,   so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

Luke 22:44

Being in anguish,  he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you – all the rulers  of the earth – making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Acts 2:27

because you will not abandon me in Hades or allow your holy one to see decay.

1 Samuel 1:16

Don’t think of me as a wicked woman;  I’ve been praying from the depth of my anguish and resentment.’

Lamentations 3:55

I called on your name,  Lord, from the depths of the pit.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,  to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld  like  the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendour  in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people  who descend to the Pit.

2 Chronicles 33:12

When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself  before the God of his ancestors.

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.