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Jonah 2:8
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
Jonah 2:8 · World English Bible
Jonah 2:8 in other translations
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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In context
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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.
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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.”
10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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