Ezekiel 28:2–9

²“Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Your^B heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god;^m I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.” Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god. ³Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;ⁿ no secret is hidden from you! ⁴By your wisdom and understanding you have acquired wealth for yourself. You have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.^{o 5}By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has become proud because of your wealth.

⁶“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,

⁷I am about to bring strangers against you,

ruthless men from the nations.

They will draw their swords

against your magnificent wisdom

and will pierce your splendor.^p

⁸They will bring you down to the Pit,^q

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the sea.

⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”

in the presence of those who slay^C you?

Yet you will be only a man, not a god,

in the hands of those who kill you.