Christian Standard Bible
Ezekiel 28:8
8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea.
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
6“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god, 7I am about to bring strangers against you, ruthless men from the nations. They will draw their swords against your magnificent wisdom and will pierce your splendor. They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea. 9Will you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who slay you? Yet you will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you. 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
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לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:8
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld, to be with those who descend to the Pit:
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, or will we descend together to the dust?
- Job 33:18God spares his soul from the Pit, his life from crossing the river of death.
- Psalms 28:1Lord, I call to you; my rock, do not be deaf to me. If you remain silent to me, I will be like those going down to the Pit.
- Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth?
- Psalms 55:15Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.
- Psalms 88:4I am counted among those going down to the Pit. I am like a man without strength,
- Proverbs 1:12Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
- Proverbs 28:17Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.
- Isaiah 38:17Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the sea.
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
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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
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