Ezekiel 28:1–10

A Prophecy Aimed at the King of Tyre

28 And the word of Yahweh came to me, ⌊saying⌋,a 2 “Son of man,b say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Because your heart was haughty,

and you said, ‘I am a god;

I sit in the seat of the gods,

I sit in the heart of the seas!’

Butc you are a human, not a god,

and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.

3 Look, are you wiser than Daniel,

so that ⌊no secret⌋d is hidden from you?

4 By your wisdom and by your understanding

you have gained for yourself wealth,

and you have amassed gold and silver

in your treasuries.

5 By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading

you have increased your wealth

and your heart was proud ine your wealth.” ’ ”

6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“Because of your regarding your ⌊mind⌋f

like the ⌊mind⌋g of a god,

7 therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you,

the most ruthless of the peoples,

and they will draw their swords against the beautyh of your wisdom,

and they will defile your splendor.

8 They will thrust you down to the pit,

and you will die ⌊a violent death⌋i

in the heart of the seas.

9 ⌊Will you indeed still say⌋j “I am a god!”

before the face of your killers?k

And in fact you are a humanl and not a god

in the hand of ⌊those who pierce you⌋.m

10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of strangers,

for ⌊I myself⌋n have spoken!” ⌊declares⌋o the Lord Yahweh.