Ezekiel 28:8

and they shall bring down thy beauty to destruction. And they shall bring thee down; and thou shalt die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

7because of this, behold, I will bring on thee strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against thee, and against the beauty of thy knowledge,

9Wilt thou indeed say, I am God, before them that slay thee? whereas thou art man, and not God.

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Cross References

Job 17:16Will they go down with me to Hades, 1 Or shall we go down together to the tomb?

Job 33:28Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, 1 And my life shall see the light. 1

Psalms 30:9And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: 1 Thou hast set my feet in a wide place. 1

Psalms 88:4I made a covenant with my chosen ones, 1 I swore unto David my servant. 1

Proverbs 28:17a Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, 1 And give honor to thy soul: 1 He shall not obey a sinful nation. 1

Ezekiel 27:26Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the south wind has broken thee 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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