Reference

Ezekiel 32:18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
16

This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord God.

17

It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

18

Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

19

Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

20

They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.

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Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
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Sheol / The Grave
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Sheol / The Grave

The verse describes a metaphorical casting down of nations to a low place, which could be interpreted as a political or military defeat rather than a literal destination for the dead. The "pit" might refer to a state of degradation or ruin, not necessarily the afterlife.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)
Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)

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