Your^[a] heart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god;^(A)
I sit in the seat of gods
in the heart of the sea.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
though you have regarded your heart
as that of a god.
³ Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;^(B)
no secret is hidden from you!
⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
you have acquired wealth for yourself.
You have acquired gold and silver
for your treasuries.^(C)
5 By your great skill in trading
you have increased your wealth,
but your heart has become proud
because of your wealth.”

Because you regard your heart as that of a god,
⁷ I am about to bring strangers against you,
ruthless men from the nations.
They will draw their swords
against your magnificent wisdom
and will defile your splendor.^(D)
8 They will bring you down to the Pit,^(E)
and you will die a violent death
in the heart of the sea.
⁹ Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill^[b] you?
Yet you will be only a man, not a god,
in the hands of those who kill you.
¹⁰ You will die the death of the uncircumcised^(F)
at the hands of strangers.^(G)
For I have spoken.
This is the declaration of the Lord God.