Jonah 2:3
“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.”
— Jonah 2:3
About this verse
Jonah 2:3 comes from the book of Jonah, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is inside fish. These words are attributed to Jonah. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 60% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the prayer genre of biblical literature. Key themes include overwhelming circumstances, God as cause, drowning imagery. Notable phrases: you threw me; heart of the seas; waves and billows. This verse is a prayer.
Speaker
Jonah
Era
Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
prayer
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