Ezekiel 28:2–9

²“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

“Because your heart is ^alifted ¹up,

And ^byou say, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of gods,

^cIn the midst of the seas,’

^dYet you are a man, and not a god,

Though you set your heart as the heart of a god

³(Behold, ^eyou are wiser than Daniel!

There is no secret that can be hidden from you!

⁴With your wisdom and your understanding

You have gained ^friches for yourself,

And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;

^5gBy your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,

And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

⁶‘Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,

⁷Behold, therefore, I will bring ^hstrangers against you,

ⁱThe most terrible of the nations;

And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,

And defile your splendor.

⁸They shall throw you down into the ^jPit,

And you shall die the death of the slain

In the midst of the seas.

⁹“Will you still ^ksay before him who slays you,

‘I am a god’?

But you shall be a man, and not a god,

In the hand of him who slays you.