Ezekiel 28:8

8 They will bring you down to the Pit,^[a] and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea.

Ezekiel 28:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 28:8

They shall bring thee down to the pit
Or, "to corruption" {k}; to the grave, the pit of corruption and destruction; so antichrist shall go into perdition, into the bottomless pit from whence he came, ( Revelation 17:8 ) : and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of
the seas;
that die in a sea fight, whose carcasses are thrown overboard, and devoured by fishes.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 (txvl) "ad corruptionem".

Ezekiel 28:8 In-Context

6 Therefore this is what the Lord God says: Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

7 I am about to bring strangers against you, ruthless men from the nations. They will draw their swords against your magnificent wisdom and will defile your splendor.

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

9 Will you still say: I am a god, in the presence of those who kill you? Yet you will be [shown to be] a man, not a god, in the hands of those who kill you.

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of strangers. For I have spoken. [This is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the declaration of the Lord God .

Footnotes

• [a] Ezk 26:20; Isa 14:15