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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Ezekiel 28:8

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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the pit--that is, the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight. the deaths--plural, as various kinds of deaths are meant (Jer 16:4). of them . . . slain--literally, "pierced through." Such deaths as those pierced with many wounds die.
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