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Therefore this is what the Lord God says:

“Because you’ve made your heart
    like that of God
Therefore, look!
    I’m bringing foreigners in your direction,
        the most terrifying of nations!
They will direct their violence[a]
    against the grandeur
        that you’ve created by your wisdom.
They’ll send you down to the Pit,[b]
    and you’ll die defiled in the depths of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:7 Lit. swords
  2. Ezekiel 28:8 I.e. the place of punishment in the afterlife

“‘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;(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(C)
They will bring you down to the pit,(D)
    and you will die a violent death(E)
    in the heart of the seas.(F)

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