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# General Information:
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This is a continuation of Jonah's prayer that started in [Jonah 2:2](./01.md). In verse 4 Jonah spoke of something he had prayed before this prayer.
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# into the depths, into the heart of the seas
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This speaks of the vastness of the ocean Jonah was in. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# into the heart of the seas
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"to the bottom of the sea"
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# the currents surrounded me
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"the sea water closed in around me"
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# waves and billows
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These are disturbances on the surface of the ocean. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# I am driven out
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "You have driven me away" or "You have sent me away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# from before your eyes
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Here Yahweh is represented by his "eyes." AT: "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# yet I will again look toward your holy temple
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Jonah has hope that, in spite of all he is going through, he will see the temple. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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