By your great skill in trading(A)
    you have increased your wealth,(B)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.(C)

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(D)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(E)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(F)
They will bring you down to the pit,(G)
    and you will die a violent death(H)
    in the heart of the seas.(I)
Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,(J)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(K)

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