Jonah 2:10
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
He spoke, and insects swarmed— gnats throughout their country.
He spoke, and the locusts came— young locusts without number.
So God made the expanse and separated the waters beneath it from the waters above. And it was so.
Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.