Ezekiel 28:2-8

Revised Geneva Translation

² “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is haughty, and you have said, ‘I am a god. I sit on the Seat of God, in the midst of the sea.’ Yet you are but a man and not God. And though you thought in your heart that you were equal with God—

³ “Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you.

⁴ “With your wisdom and your understanding, you have gotten riches for yourself, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.

⁵ “By your great wisdom, by your trading, you have increased your riches; and your heart is haughty because of your riches—

⁶ ‘Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “Because you thought, in your heart, that you were equal with God,

⁷ “behold, therefore, I will bring strangers upon you, the ruthless nations. And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom. And they shall defile your brightness.

⁸ “They shall cast you down into the pit; and you shall die the death of those who are killed in the midst of the sea.