19 For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit,(A) to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld[a] like[b] the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendor[c] in the land of the living.(B) 21 I will make you an object of horror, and you will no longer exist.(C) You will be sought but will never be found again.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:20 Lit the lower parts of the earth
  2. 26:20 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss, Syr read in
  3. 26:20 LXX reads or appear

19 “For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a city laid waste, like the cities that are not inhabited, (A)when I bring up the deep over you, and the great waters cover you, 20 then (B)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, (C)with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set beauty (D)in the land of the living. 21 I will bring you (E)to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. (F)Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.”

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