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Michael Packard says his vessel was positioned off Herring Cove Beach off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts and was about 35 feet down when he was swallowed by a humpback whale.

Jonah Flees From the Lord

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: โ€œGo to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.โ€

But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The captain went to him and said, โ€œHow can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.โ€

Then the sailors said to each other, โ€œCome, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.โ€ They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. So they asked him, โ€œTell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?โ€

He answered, โ€œI am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.โ€

10 This terrified them and they asked, โ€œWhat have you done?โ€ (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, โ€œWhat should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?โ€

12 โ€œPick me up and throw me into the sea,โ€ he replied, โ€œand it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.โ€

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, โ€œPlease, Lord, do not let us die for taking this manโ€™s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.โ€ 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

Jonahโ€™s Prayer

17ย Now theย Lordย providedย a huge fish to swallow Jonah,ย and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

2 1ย [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to theย Lordย his God.ย 2ย He said:

โ€œIn my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,
    and you listened to my cry.
You hurled me into the depths,
    into the very heart of the seas,
    and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves and breakers
    swept over me.
I said, โ€˜I have been banished
    from your sight;
yet I will look again
    toward your holy temple.โ€™
The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.
To the roots of the mountains I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.

โ€œWhen my life was ebbing away,
    I remembered you, Lord,
and my prayer rose to you,
    to your holy temple.

โ€œThose who cling to worthless idols
    turn away from Godโ€™s love for them.
But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
    will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
    I will say, โ€˜Salvation comes from the Lord.โ€™โ€

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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