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“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike,[a]
I am about to bring foreigners[b] against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,[c]
and they will defile your splendor.
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently[d] in the heart of the seas.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:6 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”
  2. Ezekiel 28:7 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
  3. Ezekiel 28:7 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”
  4. Ezekiel 28:8 tn Heb “you will die the death of the slain.”

“‘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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