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They shall thrust you down into the pit:
    you shall die a violent death
    in the heart of the sea.
Then, face to face with your killers,
    will you still say, “I am a god”?
No, you are a man, not a god,
    handed over to those who slay you.

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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)

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23 The graves are set
    in the recesses of the pit;
Its company is assembled
    around its grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
    those who spread terror in the land of the living.(A)

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23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit(A) and her army lies around her grave.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

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23 [a]And as for you, Capernaum:

‘Will you be exalted to heaven?(A)
    You will go down to the netherworld.’

For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:23 Capernaum’s pride and punishment are described in language taken from the taunt song against the king of Babylon (Is 14:13–15).

23 And you, Capernaum,(A) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[a](B) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead

23 At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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