Ezekiel 28:8

Down to the grave will they cast thee, and thou shalt die the deaths of the slain in the heart of the seas.

Leeser Tanakh

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, will I bring over thee strangers, the fiercest • of nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall profane thy elegance.

9Wilt thou then say, I am God, before him that slayeth thee? when thou art but a man, and no God, in the hand of him that fatally wounded thee.

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Cross References

Job 17:16Let then my limbs sink down to the nether world: truly in the dust alone there is rest for all.

Job 33:28Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.

Psalms 30:9(30:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the grave? Shall the dust thank thee? shall it announce thy truth?

Psalms 88:4(88:5) I am counted with those that descend into the pit; I am become as a man without vigor:

Proverbs 28:17A man oppressed by the load of having shed human blood will flee even to the pit: let no man hold him.

Ezekiel 27:26Into great waters brought thee those that were thy rowers: 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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