Ezekiel 28:8

Ezekiel 28:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.

Context of Ezekiel 28:8

6Therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Because you have imagined your mind [to be] Like the mind of God [having thoughts and plans like God Himself], 7Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers (Babylonians) upon you, The most ruthless and violent of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre] And defile your splendor. They will bring you down to the pit [of destruction], And you will die the death of all those who die In the heart of the seas. 9Will you still say, “I am a god,” In the presence of him who kills you? But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God, In the hands of those who wound and profane you. 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised [barbarian] By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ says the Lord God.” ’ ”

Ezekiel 28:8 word by word

לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall bring thee downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the pitשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845
• and thou shalt dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• the deathsמָמוֹתmâmôth · deathH4463
• slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• in the midstלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:8

• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;
• Job 17:16Will my hope go down with me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead)? Shall we go down together in the dust?”
• Job 33:18He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction], And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).
• Psalms 28:1To you I call, O Lord, My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
• Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
• Psalms 55:15Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.
• Psalms 88:4I am counted among those who go down to the pit (grave); I am like a man who has no strength [a mere shadow],
• Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead), Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];
• Proverbs 28:17A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder) Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.
• Isaiah 38:17Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness; But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction), For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Ezekiel 27:26“Your rowers have brought you Into great and deep waters; The east wind has broken and shipwrecked you In the heart of the seas.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east the majesty and glory of a people were collected in the person of their monarch, who in some nations was worshipped as a god. The prince is here the embodiment of the community. Their glory is his glory, their pride his pride. The doom of Tyre could not be complete without denunciation of the prince of Tyre. Idolatrous nations and idolatrous kings were, in the eyes of the prophet…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The clearest proof that the prince of Tyre was only a mortal man came when the Babylonians killed him. He would not rest in the heights with the gods, as he had claimed. Instead, he would go down to the pit, the place of the dead. Like the city of Tyre, the prince would die in "the heart of the sea" (compare Ezekiel 27:26–27). This image means he would share the same complete destruction as the city.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the pit--that is, the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight. the deaths--plural, as various kinds of deaths are meant (Jr 16:4). of them ... slain--literally, "pierced through." Such deaths as those pierced with many wounds die.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 28:8

• Death
• Pride
• Tyre

In the dictionaries

• Confidence
• Defile
• Tyre
• Isaiah
• Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar

Commentaries on Ezekiel 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings