1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, 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 man, and no god,

though you consider yourself as wise as a god—

3 you are indeed wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4 by your wisdom and your understanding

you have gotten wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5 by your great wisdom in trade

you have increased your wealth,

and your heart has become proud in your wealth—

6 therefore thus says the Lord GOD:

“Because you consider yourself

as wise as a god,

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

the most terrible of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords

against the beauty of your wisdom

and defile your splendor.

8 They shall thrust you down into the Pit,

and you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who slay you,

though you are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who wound you?

10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD.”