Ezekiel 26:20

then 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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The Lord GOD addresses Tyre through Ezekiel, delivering a judgment pronouncement immediately after describing the city's desolation and submersion.

The words — וְ/הוֹרַדְתִּי/ךְ (ho.rad.ti) literally means "and I will send down you," and עוֹלָ֗ם (o.Lam) translates to "antiquity" or ancient times.

The thread — The descent motif appears in Luke 10:15, which warns of being "brought down to Hades," while Psalm 27:13 provides the direct contrast of the "land of the living" that Tyre will forfeit.

Why it lands — It demands recognition that national power yields to divine decree, requiring the reader to accept the finality of judgment without assuming temporary survival or exception.

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The Hebrew words

וְהוֹרַדְתִּיךְ֩ve./ho.rad.ti/Khand/ I will send down/ you אֶת־'et-with י֨וֹרְדֵיYor.dei[those who] have gone down of ב֜וֹרVor[the] pit אֶל־'el-to עַ֣ם'ama people of עוֹלָ֗םo.Lamantiquity וְ֠הוֹשַׁבְתִּיךְVe./ho.shav.ti/khand/ I will cause to dwell/ you בְּאֶ֨רֶץbe./'E.retzin/ [the] earth of תַּחְתִּיּ֜וֹתtach.ti.Yot[the] lowest parts כָּחֳרָב֤וֹתko./cho.ra.Votlike/ waste places מֵֽעוֹלָם֙me./'o.Lamfrom/ long ago אֶת־'et-with י֣וֹרְדֵיYor.dei[those who] have gone down of ב֔וֹרVor[the] pit לְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anso that לֹ֣אlo'not תֵשֵׁ֑בִיte.She.viyou will remain וְנָתַתִּ֥יve./na.ta.Tiand/ I will put צְבִ֖יtze.Visplendor בְּאֶ֥רֶץbe./'E.retzin/ [the] land of חַיִּֽים׃chai.Yim[the] living

King James Version

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;

Cross-references

Psalms 27:13 Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Luke 10:15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!
Ezekiel 28:25 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
Ezekiel 32:18 “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:
Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
Numbers 16:33 They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
Job 30:3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
Psalms 28:1 Of 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.
Psalms 88:3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.