13 But you said in your heart,
‘I will (A)ascend to heaven;
I will (B)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.

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15 Nevertheless you (A)will be brought down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

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20 then I will bring you down with those who (A)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the (B)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [a]be inhabited; but I will put (C)glory in the land of the living.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is return

14 so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the [a]clouds, nor will any of their [b]well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the (A)earth beneath, among [c]mankind, [d]with those who go down to the pit.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 31:14 As in LXX; MT thick branches
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water
  3. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit sons of mankind
  4. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit to

18 “Son of man, (A)lament for the hordes of Egypt and (B)bring it down, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the (C)netherworld, with those who go down to the pit;

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24 (A)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (B)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the (C)land of the living, and (D)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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