English Standard Version
Ezekiel 28:8
8They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.
Context of Ezekiel 28:8
6therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you make your heart like the heart of a god, 7therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you, the most ruthless of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendor. They shall thrust you down into the pit, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas. 9Will you still say, 'I am a god,' in the presence of those who kill you, though you are but a man, and no god, in the hands of those who slay you? 10You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares 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 multitude of Egypt, and send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?"
- Job 33:18he keeps back his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.
- Psalms 28:1To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
- Psalms 30:9"What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
- Psalms 55:15Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
- Psalms 88:4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am a man who has no strength,
- Proverbs 1:12like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
- Proverbs 28:17If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Ezekiel 27:26"Your rowers have brought you out into the high seas. The east wind has wrecked 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
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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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