Ezekiel 28:3–10

3  nyou are indeed wiser othan pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4  by your wisdom and your understanding

qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5  by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

6  therefore thus says the Lord God:

rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

7  therefore, behold, I will bring sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile tyour splendor.

8  uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9  wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

10  xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”