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I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/26.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Standard Version</a> then I will make you go down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the world below, among ruins from of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty in the land of the living. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26.htm">King James Bible</a> When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/26.htm">New King James Version</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will put glory in the land of the living. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1995</a> then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a> then I shall bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I shall make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I shall set glory in the land of the living. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you inhabit the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit (the place of the dead), to the people of old, and I will make you [Tyre] live in the depths of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory and splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/26.htm">American Standard Version</a> then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living: <a href="/cev/ezekiel/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and carry you down to the world of the dead, where you will join people of ancient times and towns ruined long ago. You will stay there and never again be a city filled with people. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/26.htm">English Revised Version</a> then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living: <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will bring you down with those who descend to the grave to join the people of long ago. I will make you live below the earth among the ancient ruins with those who go down to the grave. You will never return or take your place in the land of the living. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/26.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will send you down to the world of the dead to join the people who lived in ancient times. I will make you stay in that underground world among eternal ruins, keeping company with the dead. As a result you will never again be inhabited and take your place in the land of the living. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/26.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll make sure that you go straight to the Pit, into the lowest part of the earth, where you'll be with people who lived in ancient times. You'll keep company there with the dead, who have gone into the Pit. As a result, your city won't be inhabited. Meanwhile, I will display my glory in the land of the living. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. <a href="/net/ezekiel/26.htm">NET Bible</a> then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> then will I bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you to dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living: <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; <a href="/web/ezekiel/26.htm">World English Bible</a> then I will bring you down with those who descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, in the places that are desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have caused you to go down, "" With those going down to the pit, "" To the people of old, "" And I have caused you to dwell "" In the lower parts of the earth—in ancient ruins, "" With those going down to the pit, "" So that you are not inhabited, "" And I have given beauty in the land of the living. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have caused thee to go down, With those going down to the pit, Unto the people of old, And I have caused thee to dwell in the land, The lower parts -- in wastes of old, With those going down to the pit, So that thou art not inhabited, And I have given beauty in the land of the living. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And brought thee down with them going down to the pit to the people of old, and I set thee in the earth, underneath in desolations from forever with them going down to the pit, so that thou shalt not be inhabited; and I gave glory in the land of the living.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when I shall bring thee down with those that descend into the pit to the everlasting people, and shall set thee in the lowest parts of the earth, as places desolate of old, with them that are brought down into the pit, that thou be not inhabited: and when I shall give glory in the land of the living, <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and when I will have dragged you down with those who descend into the pit to the everlasting people, and when I will have assembled you in the lowest parts of the earth, like the desolate places of antiquity, with those who have been brought down into the pit, so that you will be uninhabited, and moreover, when I will have given glory to the land of the living: <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/26.htm">New American Bible</a> Then I will thrust you down with those who go down to the pit, to those of the bygone age; I will make you dwell in the netherworld, in the everlasting ruins, with those who have gone down to the pit, So you will never return or have a place in the land of the living. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of long ago, and I will make you live in the world below, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When I shall bring you down with those who descend into the grave, with the people of old time, and shall set you in the lowest parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with those that go down into the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I will not cause your resurrection in the land of the living: <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall bring you down with the descenders of the pit to the people of ancient time, and I shall make you dwell in the lower earth, in the desolations that are from ancient time with the descenders of the pit, and you shall not be inhabited, and I shall not perform your resurrection in the land of life<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, like the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I will set glory in the land of the living; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and great waters shall cover thee; and I shall bring thee down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause thee to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that thou mayest not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life; <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=7630" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/26.htm">A Prophecy Against Tyre</a> …19For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, 20<a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wə·hō·w·raḏ·tîḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2fs2) -- To come or go down, descend. ">then I will bring you down</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yō·wr·ḏê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To come or go down, descend. ">those who descend</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: ḇō·wr (N-ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">to the Pit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-msc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">of antiquity.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·hō·wō·šaḇ·tîḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2fs2) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">I will make you dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/8482.htm" title="8482: taḥ·tî·yō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Lower, lowest. From tachath; lowermost; as noun the depths.">below</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: mê·‘ō·w·lām (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. ">like the ancient</a> <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm" title="2723: kā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ (Prep-k:: N-fp) -- Waste, desolation, ruin. Feminine of choreb; properly, drought, i.e. a desolation.">ruins,</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (Prep) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: yō·wr·ḏê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To come or go down, descend. ">those who descend</a> <a href="/hebrew/953.htm" title="953: ḇō·wr (N-ms) -- A pit, cistern, well. From buwr; a pit hole.">to the Pit,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: ṯê·šê·ḇî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">longer be inhabited</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">or set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6643.htm" title="6643: ṣə·ḇî (N-ms) -- Splendor, a gazelle. From tsabah in the sense of prominence; splendor; also a gazelle.">in splendor</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yîm (Adj-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">of the living.</a> 21I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9-11</a> Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones. / They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!” / Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket. <a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15</a> But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. <a href="/isaiah/38-18.htm">Isaiah 38:18</a> For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. <a href="/job/7-9.htm">Job 7:9</a> As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. <a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21-22</a> before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom, / to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.” <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Job 17:13-16</a> If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, / and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ / where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me? ... <a href="/psalms/6-5.htm">Psalm 6:5</a> For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? <a href="/psalms/30-3.htm">Psalm 30:3</a> O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit. <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-6</a> For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. / I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. / I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. ... <a href="/psalms/115-17.htm">Psalm 115:17</a> It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. <a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. <a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a> For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a> And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>When I shall bring you down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set you in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living;I shall bring<a href="/ezekiel/32-18.htm">Ezekiel 32:18-32</a> Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit… <a href="/numbers/16-30.htm">Numbers 16:30,33</a> But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD… <a href="/psalms/28-1.htm">Psalm 28:1</a> A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.in places<a href="/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3-6</a> For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste… <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-6</a> For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave… <a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Isaiah 59:10</a> We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.and I shall set<a href="/ezekiel/28-25.htm">Ezekiel 28:25,26</a> Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob… <a href="/ezekiel/39-7.htm">Ezekiel 39:7,25-29</a> So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel… <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Isaiah 4:5</a> And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.in the land<a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Ezekiel 32:23,26,27,32</a> Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living… <a href="/psalms/27-13.htm">Psalm 27:13</a> I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-13.htm">Descend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/25-9.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-1.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/job/41-24.htm">Nether</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/19-8.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-2.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-27.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/35-5.htm">Ancient</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-16.htm">Descend</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-9.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-3.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-33.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-10.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-11.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Lower</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Nether</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-14.htm">Parts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-8.htm">Pit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-28.htm">Places</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-34.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-9.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 26</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/26-1.htm">Tyrus, for insulting Jerusalem, is threatened with destruction</a> 7. <a href="/ezekiel/26-7.htm">The power of Nebuchadnezzar against her</a> 15. <a href="/ezekiel/26-15.htm">The mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit This phrase indicates a divine judgment, where God declares that Tyre will be brought down to Sheol, often referred to as the Pit. In biblical terms, the Pit is a place of the dead, a realm of the departed spirits. This reflects the ultimate humiliation and destruction of Tyre, a once-proud and prosperous city. The imagery of descending to the Pit is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe the fate of the wicked (<a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm">Isaiah 14:15</a>, <a href="/psalms/28.htm">Psalm 28:1</a>). It signifies a complete and irreversible downfall.to the people of antiquity The "people of antiquity" refers to those who have already died and are in Sheol. This suggests that Tyre's fate will be similar to that of ancient civilizations that have perished and been forgotten. It emphasizes the finality of Tyre's destruction, aligning with the biblical theme that no earthly power can withstand God's judgment. Historically, Tyre was a significant Phoenician city, known for its wealth and influence, but like many ancient powers, it was subject to divine retribution.I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins This phrase underscores the desolation that will befall Tyre. The "earth below" is a metaphor for Sheol, and "ancient ruins" suggests a state of complete abandonment and decay. The comparison to ancient ruins highlights the inevitability of Tyre's fall, as even the mightiest cities eventually succumb to time and divine judgment. Archaeologically, ruins of ancient cities serve as a testament to the transient nature of human achievements.with those who descend to the Pit Reiterating the earlier phrase, this emphasizes the company Tyre will keep in its downfall. It will join the ranks of other nations and peoples who have faced God's judgment and now reside in Sheol. This repetition serves to reinforce the certainty and severity of the prophecy against Tyre. The Pit is a common biblical motif for the grave or the abode of the dead, symbolizing the end of earthly existence and glory.so that you will no longer be inhabited This part of the prophecy foretells the complete depopulation of Tyre. The city, once bustling with life and commerce, will become uninhabited. This aligns with the biblical theme of divine judgment leading to desolation, as seen in other prophecies against cities like Babylon (<a href="/isaiah/13-20.htm">Isaiah 13:20</a>) and Nineveh (<a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a>). Historically, Tyre was besieged and eventually fell, fulfilling this prophecy of desolation.or set in splendor in the land of the living The phrase "set in splendor" refers to Tyre's former glory and prominence. The prophecy declares that Tyre will no longer be a place of beauty or significance among the living. This reflects the biblical principle that human pride and splendor are temporary and subject to God's sovereign will. The "land of the living" contrasts with the Pit, emphasizing the transition from life and prosperity to death and obscurity. This serves as a warning to all nations and individuals about the consequences of pride and defiance against God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet of God who ministered to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He conveyed God's messages of judgment and restoration. 2. <a href="/topical/t/tyre.htm">Tyre</a> An ancient and wealthy city-state located on the Mediterranean coast, known for its commerce and pride. It was a significant trading hub in the ancient world. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_pit.htm">The Pit</a> A metaphorical term often used in the Bible to describe Sheol or the grave, representing death and the realm of the dead. 4. <a href="/topical/p/people_of_antiquity.htm">People of Antiquity</a> Refers to those who have died and are in the realm of the dead, emphasizing the finality and permanence of Tyre's judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/l/lower_parts_of_the_earth.htm">Lower Parts of the Earth</a> Symbolic of the grave or Sheol, indicating a place of death and separation from the living.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_pride.htm">The Consequences of Pride</a> Tyre's downfall serves as a warning against pride and self-reliance. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a> God's pronouncement against Tyre demonstrates His sovereignty and the certainty of His judgments. No nation or city is beyond His reach. <a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_death_and_the_afterlife.htm">The Reality of Death and the Afterlife</a> The imagery of the Pit and the lower parts of the earth reminds us of the reality of death and the importance of being right with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_wealth_and_power.htm">The Transience of Earthly Wealth and Power</a> Tyre's wealth and influence could not save it from destruction. We are reminded to store up treasures in heaven rather than on earth. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_restoration.htm">Hope in God's Restoration</a> While this passage focuses on judgment, Ezekiel's broader message includes hope and restoration for those who turn to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 26</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_the_land_of_the_living.htm">What defines the land of the living?</a> <a href="/q/is_'the_pit'_in_psalm_143_7_grounded_historically.htm">Psalm 143:7 warns of descending into “the pit”; does this concept have any scientific or historical grounding beyond the Hebrew worldview? </a> <a href="/q/how_do_sheol_and_abaddon_align_today.htm">Proverbs 15:11: How do ancient concepts of Sheol and Abaddon align with modern historical or archaeological findings on the afterlife?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_tyre_still_inhabited,_per_ezekiel.htm">How do we explain the claim in Ezekiel 26:19-21 that Tyre would be uninhabitable and submerged under the sea when part of the ancient city remains accessible and occupied?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(20) With them that descend into the pit.--Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/14-9.htm" title="Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.">Isaiah 14:9-20</a>. Tyre is here represented, as Babylon is there, as joining itself to the dead--a striking figure to indicate its utter and final destruction. This is to be understood of the Tyre that then was, the proud mistress of the sea. The question whether there might or might not ever be other inhabitants on the rock of Tyre is one which does not at all come within the scope of the prophet's vision. The way of speaking of the place of the dead, as in the lower part of the earth, so common in Scripture (comp. <a href="/ephesians/4-9.htm" title="(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?">Ephesians 4:9</a>), does not by any means prove that the writers thought this to be the actual place of departed spirits, but only that, as it is a necessity of human thought and expression to indicate some locality, this locality, in association with the burial of the body, is most naturally placed "under the earth." In the same way, men, even on opposite sides of the globe, always speak of God as "above them," and their gestures and looks, as well as their words, unavoidably involve the same idea, though they perfectly know that He is omnipresent. (Comp. even the example of our Lord in <a href="/mark/6-41.htm" title="And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.">Mark 6:41</a>; <a href="/mark/7-34.htm" title="And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.">Mark 7:34</a>; <a href="/luke/9-16.htm" title="Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.">Luke 9:16</a>; <a href="/john/17-1.htm" title="These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:">John 17:1</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 20. - When I shall bring thee down, etc. The pit is sheol, Hades, the unseen world of the dead. The image may have been suggested by <a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9</a>, where it is used of Babylon. It was obviously one on which the mind of Ezekiel dwelt, and is reproduced in <a href="/ezekiel/32-17.htm">Ezekiel 32:17-32</a>. Here, apparently, the sinking in the depth of the waters (Ver. 19) is thought of as leading to that world of the dead that lay beneath them. The people of old time may possibly include the races of the old world that were submerged in the waters of the Flood. The imagery of <a href="/psalms/88-3.htm">Psalm 88:3-7</a> seems to have been floating before the prophet's mind. I shall set glory; better, will set. The contrast drawn is that between the shadow-world of the dead, and the earth with its living inhabitants. There Jehovah would establish his glory, would, sooner or later, manifest his kingdom, while Tyre and its pomp should be no more, belonging only to the past. Conjectural readings and renderings have been suggested as follows: (1) Hitzig, "And thou no longer shinest with glory in the land of the living." (2) Havernick and Kliefoth, "That I no longer produce anything glorious from thee in the land of the living." (3) Ewald," That thou mayest not remain (or stand) in the laud of the living." I have adopted Keil's interpretation of the Anthorized Version. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>then I will bring you down וְהוֹרַדְתִּיךְ֩ (wə·hō·w·raḏ·tîḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among those who descend י֨וֹרְדֵי (yō·wr·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend to the Pit, ב֜וֹר (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> A pit, cistern, well to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to the people עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of antiquity. עוֹלָ֗ם (‘ō·w·lām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always I will make you dwell וְ֠הוֹשַׁבְתִּיךְ (wə·hō·wō·šaḇ·tîḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the earth בְּאֶ֨רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land below תַּחְתִּיּ֜וֹת (taḥ·tî·yō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8482.htm">Strong's 8482: </a> Lowermost, the depths like the ancient מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ (mê·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5769.htm">Strong's 5769: </a> Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always ruins, כָּחֳרָב֤וֹת (kā·ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2723.htm">Strong's 2723: </a> Waste, desolation, ruin with אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> Nearness, near, with, by, at, among those who descend י֣וֹרְדֵי (yō·wr·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> To come or go down, descend to the Pit, ב֔וֹר (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_953.htm">Strong's 953: </a> A pit, cistern, well so that לְמַ֖עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent you will no לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no longer be inhabited תֵשֵׁ֑בִי (ṯê·šê·ḇî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry or set וְנָתַתִּ֥י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set in splendor צְבִ֖י (ṣə·ḇî) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6643.htm">Strong's 6643: </a> Splendor, a gazelle in the land בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of the living. חַיִּֽים׃ (ḥay·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/26-20.htm">Ezekiel 26:20 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-20.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 26:20 Then will I bring you down (Ezek. 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