New American Standard Bible

Ezekiel 28:3-11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

3. Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you.

4. "By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

5. "By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-

6. Therefore thus says the Lord God, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God,

7. Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor.

8. 'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas.

9. 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

10. 'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord God!"'"

11. Again the word of the Lord came to me saying,