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Up a Tree


Jonah had prayed to the Lord,
From the stomach of the fish;
Asking not to be ignored,
In having His dying wish.

He called out unto the Lord,
From being in such distress;
How much He is still adored,
And just wanted to confess.

God threw him in deep water,
In the middle of the sea;
For it felt like a slaughter,
The meal that was made of he.

Engulfed by the ocean wave,
He was banished from His sight;
Now the fish given a slave,
Has become his final plight.

Water engulfed to his neck,
Seaweed wrapped around his head;
He became a nervous wreck,
As a fish meal being fed.

The foot of the hills he went,
The netherworld he was blocked;
But to Neneveh God sent,
By a huge fish he was stalked.

His life was ebbing away,
The future was looking grim;
Because Jonah went astray,
A fainting soul looking dim.

Those who worshipped graven gods,
Lying self-loves to embrace;
Stone and metal that were frauds,
Forsaken for their own grace.

But glad to be sacrificed,
As declaration of praise;
No longer to be enticed,
And death no longer delays.

God gave the fish a command,
No to hold Jonah inside;
To vomit him on dry land,
Allowed Jonah to abide.

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