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Ezekiel 28:8

They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

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ASV

They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the death of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לַשַּׁ֖חַתla.Sha.chatto the pitH7845 →
יֽוֹרִד֑וּךָyo.ri.Du.khathey will bring down youH3381 →
וָמַ֛תָּהva.Ma.tahand you will dieH4191 →
מְמוֹתֵ֥יme.mo.Tei[the] death<s> ofH4463 →
חָלָ֖לcha.Lal[the] slainH2491 →
בְּלֵ֥בbe.Levin [the] heart ofH3820 →
יַמִּֽים׃ya.Mim[the] seasH3220 →

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Ezekiel 27:26–27Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.Ezekiel 27:34Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.Psalms 88:4–5I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.Ezekiel 32:18–30“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:Psalms 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.Zechariah 9:4Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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The Origin of Evil

Two taunt-songs, two named kings, and the fall the church has heard behind them — Isaiah 14 facing Ezekiel 28.

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About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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