Ezekiel 28:8

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

Majority Standard Bible

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

7behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

9Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

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Cross References

Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”

Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

Ezekiel 27:26Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you 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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