The story of Jonah has typified to many the experience of mortals when evil seems to beset them on every side, and there is no apparent means of deliverance. The narrative records ( Jonah 2:5 ), "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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