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 this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, 7Therefore, behold, I am going to bring strangers against you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And profane your splendor. They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are killed In the heart of the seas. 9Will you still say, “I am a god,” In the presence of one who kills you, Though you are a mortal and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!’ declares the Lord God!”’”

Ezekiel 28:8 word by word

לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• They will bringיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the pitשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845
• And you will dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• deathמָמוֹתmâmôth · deathH4463
• of those who are killedחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
• In the heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220

Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:8

• Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, lament for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the netherworld, with those who go down to the pit;
• Job 17:16Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?”
• Job 33:18He keeps his soul back from the pit, And his life from perishing by the spear.
• Psalms 28:1To You, Lord, I call; 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.
• Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?
• Psalms 55:15May death come deceitfully upon them; May they go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
• Psalms 88:4I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,
• Proverbs 1:12Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, like those who go down to the pit;
• Proverbs 28:17A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him!
• Isaiah 38:17Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.
• Ezekiel 27:26“Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken 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