¹⁸ Pride^(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit^(B) before a fall.^(C)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(B)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(C) your doom has come!’

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh^(A) king of Egypt,
    you great monster^(B) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile^(C) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”

“‘By the strength of my hand^(O) I have done this,^(P)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;^(Q)
    like a mighty one I subdued^[a] their kings.^(R)
14 As one reaches into a nest,^(S)
    so my hand reached for the wealth^(T) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;^(U)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.^(V)’”

¹⁵ Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(W)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(X) brandish the one who is not wood!

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”^[a](C)