Ezekiel 28:2–10

²“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord:

“In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!

I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’

But you are only a man and not a god,

though you boast that you are a god.

³You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel

and think no secret is hidden from you.

⁴With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth—

gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich,

and your riches have made you very proud.

⁶“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are as wise as a god,

⁷I will now bring against you a foreign army,

the terror of the nations.

They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom

and defile your splendor!

⁸They will bring you down to the pit,

and you will die in the heart of the sea,

pierced with many wounds.

⁹Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’

to those who kill you?

To them you will be no god

but merely a man!

¹⁰You will die like an outcast

at the hands of foreigners.

I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”