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They shall bring you down to the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are slain, in the heart of the seas.
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A Violent and Shameful Death
The judgment against the prince is not just death, but a particularly humiliating one. Scholars note the original Hebrew uses the plural 'deaths,' emphasizing a violent end. His fate is to die like those 'slain in the heart of the seas,' a disgraceful end for one who claimed divinity, starkly contrasting his pride with his ultimate downfall.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prophecy against the prince of Tyre. Throughout the east, the majesty and glory of a people were concentrated in the person of their monarch, w…
19th Century
Anglican
Deaths. —The plural accurately represents the rare form of the original, and indicates emphatically a violent death.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall bring thee down to the pit Or, "to corruption" {k}; to the grave, the pit of corruption and destruction; so an…
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Ethbaal, or Ithobal, was the prince or king of Tyre; and being lifted up with excessive pride, he claimed divine honours. Pride is peculiarly the s…
