¶ 9 verses cited by the Catechism · † 9 verses with comments from the Fathers · ⇄ 3 verses with cross-references . Tap a marked verse to open its catena.
1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.¶†⇄ (13 connections) 2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.† (5 connections)
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.¶† (2 connections)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’¶† (2 connections)
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.¶† (2 connections)
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.¶† (3 connections)
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.¶† (2 connections)
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.¶†⇄ (4 connections)
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.Ӧ (1 connection)
10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.¶†⇄ (14 connections)