Ezekiel 28:2–9

²Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:

Because your heart is proud

and you have said, “I am a god;

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,”

yet you are but a mortal and no god,

though you compare your mind

with the mind of a god.^*

³You are indeed wiser than Daniel;^e

no secret is hidden from you;^*

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

you have amassed wealth for yourself

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries.^*

⁵By your great wisdom in trade

you have increased your wealth,

and your heart has become proud in your wealth.^*

⁶Therefore thus says the Lord God:

Because you compare your mind

with the mind of a god,^*

⁷therefore, I will bring strangers against you,

the most terrible of the nations;

they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom

and defile your splendor.^*

⁸They shall thrust you down to the Pit,

and you shall die a violent death

in the heart of the seas.^*

⁹Will you still say, “I am a god,”

in the presence of those who kill you,

though you are but a mortal and no god,

in the hands of those who pierce you?