They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who 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.
- NKJV They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas.
- NASB ‘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.
- NLT They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.
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Quick answer
God declares that the proud king of Tyre will be brought down to the pit and die a violent death amid the seas he trusted. No worldly power can shield the arrogant from God's judgment.
Overview
Continuing the oracle against Tyre's ruler, the Lord announces that those who attack the city will cast its king down to death, a humiliating end for one who exalted himself as a god. Tyre's maritime might becomes the very setting of its downfall. The passage warns that human pride invites divine reckoning, anticipating the gospel call to humble repentance rather than self-exaltation.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ezek 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.
- Ezek 27:26–27Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- Ps 88:4–5I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Prov 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
- Ps 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?
- Prov 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- Isa 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.
- Ps 28:1Of David. To 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.
- Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Ps 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Ezek 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:
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