6. ‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “Because you have set your heart as the heart of Elohim,
7. therefore see, I am bringing against you strangers, the ruthless ones of the nations. And they shall draw their swords against the loveliness of your wisdom, and they shall profane your splendour.
8. “Down into the Pit they shall bring you, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
9. “Would you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am Elohim’, whereas you are man, and not Ěl, in the hand of him who slays you?
10. “The death of the uncircumcised you shall die, by the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”
11. And the word of יהוה came to me, saying,