Then the LORDcommandedthe fish,and it vomitedJonahup ontothe dryland.
Then Godsaid,"Let the earthsproutvegetation:plantsyieldingseed,[and] fruittreeson the earthbearingfruitafter their kindwith seedin them"; and it was so.
Then Godsaid,"Let there be lightsin the expanseof the heavensto separatethe dayfrom the night,and let them be for signsand for seasonsand for daysand years;
Then Godsaid,"Let there be light";and there was light.
Godmadethe expanse,and separatedthe waterswhichwere belowthe expansefrom the waterswhichwere abovethe expanse;and it was so.
Then Godsaid,"Let the watersbelowthe heavensbe gatheredinto oneplace,and let the drylandappear";and it was so.
He spoke,and there camea swarmof flies[And] gnatsin alltheir territory.
He spoke,and locustscame,And younglocusts,even withoutnumber,
The afflictedwill eatand be satisfied;Those who seekHim will praisethe LORD.Let your heartliveforever!
For He spoke,and it was done;He commanded,and it stoodfast.
"The LORDwill surely saveme; So we will playmy songson stringedinstruments All[the] daysof our lifeat the houseof the LORD."
"I, even I, am the LORD,And thereis nosaviorbesidesMe.
"Whywas therenomanwhen I came?When I called,[why] was therenoneto answer?Is My handsoshortthat it cannotransom?OrhaveI nopowerto deliver?Behold,I dryup the seawith My rebuke,I makethe riversa wilderness;Their fishstinkfor lackof waterAnd dieof thirst.
Yet I [have been] the LORDyour GodSincethe landof Egypt;And you were not to knowany godexceptMe, For thereis nosaviorbesidesMe.
"Assyriawill not saveus, We will not rideon horses;Norwill we sayagain,Our god,'To the workof our hands;For in You the orphanfindsmercy."
And the LORDappointeda greatfishto swallowJonah,and Jonahwas in the stomachof the fishthreedaysand threenights.
Now the wordof the LORDcameto Jonahthe secondtime,saying,
