Ezekiel 28:2–10

²“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says:

Your heart is proud,

and you have said,

‘I am a god;

I sit in the seat of gods

in the heart of the sea.’

Yet you are a man and not a god,

though you have regarded your heart

as that of a god.

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel;

no secret is hidden from you!

⁴By your wisdom and understanding

you have gained your wealth

and amassed gold and silver

for your treasuries.

⁵By your great skill in trading

you have increased your wealth,

but your heart has grown proud

because of it.

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:

Because you regard your heart

as the heart of a god,

⁷behold, I will bring foreigners against you,

the most ruthless of nations.

They will draw their swords

against the beauty of your wisdom

and will defile your splendor.

⁸They will bring you down to the Pit,

and you will die a violent death

in the heart of the seas.

⁹Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who slay you?

You will be only a man, not a god,

in the hands of those who wound you.

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised

at the hands of foreigners.

For I have spoken,

declares the Lord GOD.”