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Jonah 2:6

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bottoms: Heb. cuttings off

mountains: Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalms 65:6, Psalms 104:6, Psalms 104:8; Isaiah 40:12; Habakkuk 3:6, Habakkuk 3:10

the earth: Job 38:4-11; Proverbs 8:25-29

yet: Psalms 16:10; Isaiah 38:17; Acts 13:33-37

corruption: or, the pit, Job 33:24, Job 33:28; Psalms 30:3, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 143:7

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