I will send you to the pit to join those who descended there long ago. Your city will lie in ruins, buried beneath the earth, like those in the pit who have entered the world of the dead. You will have no place of respect here in the land of the living.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The effect of the fall of Tyre.

Clothe themselves with trembling (Ezekiel 26:16)—Mourners change their bright ro…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

With them that descend into the pit. —Compare Isaiah 14:9-20. Tyre is here represented, as Babylon is there, as joining i…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the
pit
The grave, and make …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

See how high, how great Tyre had been. See how low Tyre is made. The fall of others should awaken us out of security. Every discovery of the fulfil…