Bible Strands
Ezekiel 28:8
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Ezekiel to the ruler of Tyre, immediately after declaring that ruthless foreign armies will invade and defile the city’s splendor.
The words — יֽוֹרִד֑וּ/ךָ (yo.ri.Du./kha) means "they will bring you down," paired with לַ/שַּ֖חַת (la./Sha.chat), literally "to the pit."
The thread — The descent motif runs through Ezekiel 27:26 and Ezekiel 27:34, where maritime destruction mirrors the ruler’s sinking, while Job 17:16 connects the pit to Sheol.
Why it lands — The text records a concrete prediction of violent death and forced descent, requiring the reader to acknowledge that claims to divine status collapse before historical judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 27:26 Your oarsmen have brought you onto the high seas, but the east wind will shatter you in the heart of the sea.
- Ezekiel 27:34 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.
- Job 17:16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Job 33:18 to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 33:28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- 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 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?
- Psalms 55:15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- Psalms 88:4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
- Proverbs 1:12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.