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They will thrust you down to the pit,
    and you will die a violent death[a]
    in the heart of the seas.
Will you indeed still say[b] “I am a god!”
    before the face of your killers?[c]
And in fact you are a human[d] and not a god
    in the hand of those who pierce you.[e]
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of strangers,

for I myself[f] have spoken!” declares[g] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:8 Literally “a death of a slain”
  2. Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “Will you say, will you say”
  3. Ezekiel 28:9 Or “slayers”
  4. Ezekiel 28:9 Or “man”
  5. Ezekiel 28:9 Literally “piercers/slayers of you”
  6. Ezekiel 28:10 Hebrew “I, I”
  7. Ezekiel 28:10 Literally “declaration of”

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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