Ezekiel 28:8
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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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In this chapter we have, I. A prediction of the fall and ruin of the king of Tyre, who, in the destruction of that city, is particularly set up as a mark for God's arrows (Eze 28:1-10). II. A lamentation for the king of Tyre, when he has thus fallen, though he falls by his own iniquity (Eze 28:11-19). III. A prophecy of the destruction of Zidon, which as in the neighbourhood of Tyre and had a dependence upon it (Eze 28:20-23). IV. A promise of the restoration of the Israel of God, though in the day of their calamity they were insulted over by their neighbours (Eze 28:24-26).
Open source ↗28:8 The clearest demonstration that the prince of Tyre was a mortal man and not a divine being came when he was put to death by the Babylonians. His final resting place would not be in the heights with the gods, but in the pit, the residence of the dead. Like the city of Tyre, the prince of Tyre would die in the heart of the sea (cp. 27:26-27).
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Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and the people among you have gone down with you.
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
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.
Surely 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.
A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.