But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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15 Let death seize them;
Let them (A)go down alive into [a]hell,
For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

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  1. Psalm 55:15 Or Sheol

14 (A)Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who seek to destroy my [a]life;
Let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor
Who wish me evil.

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  1. Psalm 40:14 Lit. soul

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the [a]nations (A)that forget God.

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  1. Psalm 9:17 Gentiles

29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be (A)bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall (B)sling out, as from the pocket of a sling.

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30 But if the Lord creates (A)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”

31 (C)Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (D)all the men with Korah, with all their goods. 33 So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly.

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18 “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt,
And (A)cast them down to the depths of the earth,
Her and the daughters of the famous nations,
With those who go down to the Pit:
19 ‘Whom (B)do you surpass in beauty?
(C)Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’

20 “They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword;
She is delivered to the sword,
(D)Drawing her and all her multitudes.
21 (E)The strong among the mighty
Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell
With those who help him:
‘They have (F)gone down,
They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

22 “Assyria(G) is there, and all her company,
With their graves all around her,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword.
23 (H)Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit,
And her company is all around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who (I)caused terror in the land of the living.

24 “There is (J)Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have (K)gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
(L)Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
25 They have set her (M)bed in the midst of the slain,
With all her multitude,
With her graves all around it,
All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
Though their terror was caused
In the land of the living,
Yet they bear their shame
With those who go down to the Pit;
It was put in the midst of the slain.

26 “There are (N)Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes,
With all their graves around it,
All of them (O)uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
Though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
27 (P)They do not lie with the mighty
Who are fallen of the uncircumcised,
Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war;
They have laid their swords under their heads,
But their iniquities will be on their bones,
Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised,
And lie with those slain by the sword.

29 “There is (Q)Edom,
Her kings and all her princes,
Who despite their might
Are laid beside those slain by the sword;
They shall lie with the uncircumcised,
And with those who go down to the Pit.
30 (R)There are the princes of the north,
All of them, and all the (S)Sidonians,
Who have gone down with the slain
In shame at the terror which they caused by their might;
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword,
And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

31 “Pharaoh will see them
And be (T)comforted over all his multitude,
Pharaoh and all his army,
Slain by the sword,”
Says the Lord God.

32 “For I have caused My terror in the land of the living;
And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised
With those slain by the sword,
Pharaoh and all his multitude,”
Says the Lord God.

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19 But you are cast out of your grave
Like an [a]abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
[b]Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.

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  1. Isaiah 14:19 despised
  2. Isaiah 14:19 Pierced

15 Yet you (A)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [a]lowest depths of the Pit.

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  1. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses

“Hell(A)[a] from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.

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  1. Isaiah 14:9 Or Sheol

13 For great is Your mercy toward me,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of [a]Sheol.

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  1. Psalm 86:13 The abode of the dead

(A)Let them be ashamed and confounded
Who seek my life;
Let them be [a]turned back and confused
Who desire my hurt.

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  1. Psalm 70:2 So with MT, LXX, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., Syr. appalled (cf. 40:15)

23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
(A)Bloodthirsty and deceitful men (B)shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.

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12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

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26 Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion
Who rejoice at my hurt;
Let them be (A)clothed with shame and dishonor
Who exalt themselves against me.

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(A)Let those be put to shame and brought to dishonor
Who seek after my life;
Let those be (B)turned back and brought to confusion
Who plot my hurt.

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13 Hide them in the dust together,
Bind their faces in hidden darkness.

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25 (A)to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.”

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19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with (A)me. The Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”

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