“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a ^[a]valiant man.

¹⁵ Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
^(A)An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
¹⁶ Samaria ^[a]is held guilty,
For she has ^(B)rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child ^(C)ripped open.

^(A)“Behold, I am against you,
O Pharaoh king of Egypt,
O great ^(B)monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,
^(C)Who has said, ‘My ^[a]River is my own;
I have made it for myself.’

“Because your heart is ^(A)lifted^[a] up,
And ^(B)you say, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of gods,
^(C)In the midst of the seas,’
^(D)Yet you are a man, and not a god,
Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
³ (Behold, ^(E)you are wiser than Daniel!
There is no secret that can be hidden from you!
⁴ With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained ^(F)riches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
^5 (G)By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god,
⁷ Behold, therefore, I will bring ^(H)strangers against you,
^(I)The most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
⁸ They shall throw you down into the ^(J)Pit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.

⁹ “Will you still ^(K)say before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.