Ezekiel 28:8

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

American Standard Version

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

7therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou art man, and not God, in the hand of him that woundeth thee.

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Cross References

Job 17:16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

Job 33:28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.

Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 88:4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

Proverbs 28:17A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

Ezekiel 27:26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the heart of the seas.

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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