8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. …
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We had done with Tyrus in the foregoing chapter, but now the prince of Tyrus is to be singled out from the rest. Here is something to be said to him by himself, a message to him from God , which the prophet must send him, whether he will hear or whether he will forbear. I. He must tell him of his pride. His people are proud (Ezek. 27:3) and so is he; and they shall both be made to know that God re…
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