Ezekiel 28:2–9

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—

³you are indeed wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

⁴by your wisdom and your understanding

you have gotten 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 consider yourself

as wise as a god,

⁷therefore, 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.

⁸They shall thrust you down into the Pit,

and you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

⁹Will 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?