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Ezekiel 28:8
8They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.
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 as wise as a god, 7I will now bring against you a foreign army, the terror of the nations. They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile your splendor! They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds. 9Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’ to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man! 10You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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לַשַּׁ֖חַת יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָ וָמַ֛תָּה מְמוֹתֵ֥י חָלָ֖ל בְּלֵ֥ב יַמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 28:8
- Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit.
- Job 17:16No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!”
- Job 33:18He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.
- Psalms 28:1I pray to you, O Lord, my rock. Do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you are silent, I might as well give up and die.
- Psalms 30:9“What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?
- Psalms 55:15Let death stalk my enemies; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them.
- Psalms 88:4I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left.
- Proverbs 1:12Let’s swallow them alive, like the grave; let’s swallow them whole, like those who go down to the pit of death.
- Proverbs 28:17A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him!
- Isaiah 38:17Yes, this anguish was good for me, for you have rescued me from death and forgiven all my sins.
- Ezekiel 27:26“But look! Your oarsmen have taken you into stormy seas! A mighty eastern gale 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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