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They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently[a] in the heart of the seas.
Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you—
though you are a man and not a god—
when you are in the power of those who wound you?
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised[b] by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:8 tn Heb “you will die the death of the slain.”
  2. Ezekiel 28:10 sn The Phoenicians practiced circumcision, so the language here must be figurative, indicating that they would be treated in a disgraceful manner. Uncircumcised peoples were viewed as inferior and unclean. See 31:18 and 32:17-32, as well as the discussion in D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:99.

They will bring you down to the pit,(A)
    and you will die a violent death(B)
    in the heart of the seas.(C)
Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,(D)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(E)
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised(F)
    at the hands of foreigners.

I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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They shall throw you down into the (A)Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.

“Will you still (B)say before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
10 You shall die the death of (C)the uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”

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