Ezekiel 28:8

They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the death of the slain, in the midst of the seas.

Noyes 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 upon thee strangers, 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, “I am a god,” before him that slayeth thee? Thou shalt be man, and not God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

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Cross References

Job 17:16It must go down to the bars of the under-world, As soon as there is rest for me in the dust.

Job 33:28He hath delivered me from going down to the pit, And my life beholdeth the light.”

Psalms 30:9“What will my blood profit thee, that I should go down to the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?

Psalms 88:4I am counted with those who are going down to the pit; I am like one who hath no strength.

Proverbs 28:17A man who is burdened with life-blood—Let him flee to 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 midst 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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