JONAH - The Sign of Jonah

Songs created from Bible studies

JONAH https://www.thinkoutsidethebeast.com/jonah/

JONAH – The Sign of Jonah by Bro H

Verse 1 The word came down in the morning light “Arise, go speak what I have said” But he turned his face to the western sea And chose the silence instead Down to the port, down to the hull Down where the dark winds sleep He paid the fare just to disappear But you don’t outrun the deep Verse 2 The wind was cast and the waves rose high The ship began to break Men cried out to their unknown gods For their trembling lives at stake But the one who knew the Maker of all Lay sleeping below the planks Till the lot fell hard on the hidden man And the truth rose up from the ranks Chorus Thrown to the deep where the waters close Down where no man can stand Three days swallowed in shadow and night Still held in a sovereign hand Out of the depths He cried and was heard Then raised by the Lord’s command The sign was written in suffering first Before the victory Verse 3 The waters wrapped to his very soul The weeds like cords around “I cried from the pit, from the belly of death And You heard my breaking sound” Bars of the earth, the fading breath Cast out from Your sight Yet still I looked to Your holy place From the edge of endless night Verse 4 Then the word came back like it did before “Arise, go speak again” And this time he walked through the gates of stone To a city full of men “Forty days and it falls to dust” Was all that he declared But the greatest city fell to its knees In sackcloth, fasting, and prayer Chorus Turn from the path where the violence grows Turn from the crooked way Who knows if mercy may yet be found Turn from the evil of your way Out of the depths He cried and was heard Then raised by the Lord’s command The sign was written in suffering first Before the victory Verse 5 He sat in the shade of a passing vine And watched for the fire to fall But mercy rose where judgment was due And it troubled his heart more than all “You are too kind, too slow to burn Too willing still to forgive” He knew the truth but he fought the truth And struggled with how God lives Bridge You cared for the plant that you did not grow That faded in a day Should I not care for a city of souls Who wander and lose their way? Final Chorus (Lift) Three days under the weight of men Three days beneath the hand Given to death, yet held by God Then raised by His command Out of the depths He cried and was heard From sorrow unto decree The sign was written in suffering first Then revealed in victory Outro (Quiet, unresolved) The question still hangs in the silent air No answer left behind Will you rejoice in the mercy of God Or harden your heart in your mind?