New English Translation
Ezekiel 28:8
8They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently 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.
- 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 sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike, 7I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor. They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas. 9Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you – though you are a man and not a god – when you are in the power of those who wound you? 10You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
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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 horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit.
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”
- Job 33:18He spares a person’s life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river.
- Psalms 28:1To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
- Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
- Psalms 55:15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
- Psalms 88:4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,
- Proverbs 1:12We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
- Proverbs 28:17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
- Isaiah 38:17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
- Ezekiel 27:26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. 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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