Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the pit—that is, the bottom of the sea; the image being that of one conquered in a sea-fight.
the deaths—plural, as various kinds of deaths are meant (Jeremiah 16:4).
of them . . . slain—literally, "pierced through." Such deaths as those pierced with many wounds die.
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