JONAH - The Sign of Jonah (Version 2)

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JONAH – Sign of Jonah (Version 2) 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 no man outruns 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 The lot fell hard on the hidden man The truth no more concealed The God of heaven who made the sea Was the One he tried to flee 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 Then shown in victory Verse 3 The waters closed to my very soul The weeds wrapped round my head “I cried from the pit, from the belly of hell And You heard what I had said Cast out of sight, yet I looked again Toward Your holy place You brought up my life from the pit below By mercy, not by grace” 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 fasting, sackcloth, 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 Then shown in victory Verse 5 I knew Your hand, I knew Your name Too merciful, too kind You spare the ones I would cast aside And trouble fills my mind I sat beneath what You raised for me Then watched it fade away More grieved for shade that passed in a night Than souls that might not stay Bridge Do you do well to be angry still For what you did not raise? You mourn the vine that came and went In but a fleeting day Should I not spare that city of souls Who cannot yet discern? With many lives and even the beasts Shall none from mercy turn? Final Chorus 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 Brought up by sovereign decree The sign was written in suffering first Then revealed in victory Outro The question stands, it was never closed No answer left behind Will you rejoice in the mercy of God Or harden your heart in your mind?