1. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
2. “Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because your heart was haughty, and you said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, I sit in the heart of the seas!’ But you are a human, not a god, and you gave your heart to be like the heart of a god.
3. Look, are you wiser than Daniel, so that no secret is hidden from you?
4. By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gained for yourself wealth, and you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.
5. By the abundance of your wisdom in your trading you have increased your wealth and your heart was proud in your wealth.” ’ ”
6. Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Because of your regarding your mind like the mind of a god,
7. therefore look! I am bringing strangers over you, the most ruthless of the peoples, and they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor.
8. They will thrust you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
9. Will you indeed still say “I am a god!” before the face of your killers? And in fact you are a human and not a god in the hand of those who pierce you.
10. You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for I myself have spoken!” declares the Lord Yahweh.
11. And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,