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19 For thus says the Lord Yahweh: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when bringing up over you the deep, the great surging waters[a] will cover you. 20 And I will bring you down with those who are going down to the grave,[b] an ancient people,[c] and I will cause you to dwell in the world[d] of the depths, in the ruins from of old with those who are going down to the grave,[e] so that you will not be inhabited and have a place[f] in the land of the living. 21 Sudden terrors I will bring on you, and you shall no longer exist; and you will be sought, and you will not be found again forever,”[g] declares[h] the Lord Yahweh.

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  1. Ezekiel 26:19 Literally “the waters the many”
  2. Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
  3. Ezekiel 26:20 Literally “a people of eternity/endless ages”
  4. Ezekiel 26:20 Or “land”
  5. Ezekiel 26:20 Or “pit”
  6. Ezekiel 26:20 Hebrew “and I will give beauty in the land of the living”
  7. Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “to eternity/endless ages”
  8. Ezekiel 26:21 Literally “declaration of”

19 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: When I make you a desolate city, like cities no longer inhabited, and when I bring the ocean depths(A) over you and its vast waters cover you,(B) 20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,(C) to the people of long ago. 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[a] in the land of the living.(D) 21 I will bring you to a horrible end and you will be no more.(E) You will be sought, but you will never again be found, declares the Sovereign Lord.”(F)

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory