Ezekiel 28:8

They will destroy you and pull you down. And you will die the death of those slain in the heart of the sea.

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In The King James Version

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.

In Context

7for this reason, behold, I will lead over you foreigners, the most robust among the Gentiles. And they will bare their swords over the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your beauty.

9So then, will you speak, in the presence of those who are destroying you, before the hand of those who are killing you, saying, ‘I am God,’ though you are a man, and not God?

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Cross References

Job 17:16Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?

Job 33:28He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.

Psalms 30:9And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Psalms 88:4I have set up a covenant with my elect. I have sworn to David my servant:

Proverbs 28:17A man who slanders the blood of a life, even if he flees to the pit, no one will tolerate him.

Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you into many waters. The south wind has worn you down in the heart of the sea.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 28:2-11

Fall of the Prince of Tyre. ( b. c. 588.) 1 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God ; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: 4 With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee… Read the whole commentary →

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