19 For this is what the Lord God says: “When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I (A)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, 20 then I will bring you down with those who (B)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the (C)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 (D)glory in the land of the living. 21 I will [b]cause you (E)sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, (F)you will never be found again,” declares the Lord God.

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Another reading is return
  2. Ezekiel 26:21 Lit give

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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  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