New Century Version

Ezekiel 28:7-12 New Century Version (NCV)

7. but I will bring foreign people against you,the cruelest nation.They will pull out their swordsand destroy all that your wisdom has built,and they will dishonor your greatness.

8. They will kill you;you will die a terrible deathlike those who are killed at sea.

9. While they are killing you,you will not be able to say anymore, “I am a god.”You will be only a human, not a god,when your murderers kill you.

10. You will die like an unclean person;foreigners will kill you.I have spoken, says the Lord God.’ ”

11. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:

12. “Human, sing a funeral song for the king of Tyre. Say to him: ‘This is what the Lord God says:You were an example of what was perfect,full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.