“I sank beneath the waves,
      and the waters closed over me.
      Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
 I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
      I was imprisoned in the earth,
      whose gates lock shut forever.
   But you, O Lord my God,
      snatched me from the jaws of death!
 As my life was slipping away,
      I remembered the Lord.
   And my earnest prayer went out to you
      in your holy Temple.
 Those who worship false gods
      turn their backs on all God’s mercies.
 But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
      and I will fulfill all my vows.
      For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.”

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When and where did Jonah offer his prayer?  It says in verse one, "Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish!

My Bible commentary on introducing this chapter says, "This is a prayer of thanksgiving, not a prayer for deliverance. Jonah was simply thankful he had not been drowned. He was delivered in a most spectacular way and was overwhelmed that he had escaped death. Even from inside the fish, Jonah's prayer was heard by God. We can pray anywhere and any time, and God will hear us. Your sin is never too great; your predicament never too difficult for God!"

And what happened next to Jonah? The last verse of the chapter:

 ^"Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach."

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