Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
Parallel translations
- WEB whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
- KJV Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
- NKJV Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.
- NASB whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them killed, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living.
- NLT Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.
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Quick answer
Assyria's graves lie in the deepest part of the pit, her armies who once spread terror now buried with her. Those who terrorized the living are themselves brought low.
Overview
The depth of Assyria's grave underscores the depth of her fall, from spreading 'terror in the land of the living' to lying slain in the pit. The repeated note that these nations 'caused terror' explains the justice of their ruin. God's judgment answers the violence the proud inflicted on others.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 26:20then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
- Ezek 32:24–27Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
- Ps 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Ezek 26:17Then they will lament for you, saying, “How you have perished, O city of renown inhabited by seafaring men—she who was powerful on the sea, along with her people, who imposed terror on all peoples!
- Job 28:13No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
- Ezek 32:32For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Ps 116:9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- Jer 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- Ps 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Isa 38:11I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
- Isa 14:15–16But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
- Isa 51:12–13“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?
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