⁷ Give her as much torment and grief
    as the glory and luxury she gave herself.^(A)
In her heart she boasts,
    ‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;^[a]
    I will never mourn.’^(B)

⁷ You said, ‘I am forever^(A)—
    the eternal queen!’^(B)
But you did not consider these things
    or reflect^(C) on what might happen.^(D)

⁸ “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure,
    lounging in your security^(E)
and saying to yourself,
    ‘I am, and there is none besides me.^(F)
I will never be a widow^(G)
    or suffer the loss of children.’
⁹ Both of these will overtake you
    in a moment,^(H) on a single day:
    loss of children^(I) and widowhood.^(J)
They will come upon you in full measure,
    in spite of your many sorceries^(K)
    and all your potent spells.^(L)

“‘In the pride of your heart
    you say, “I am a god;
I sit on the throne^(B) of a god
    in the heart of the seas.”^(C)
But you are a mere mortal and not a god,
    though you think you are as wise as a god.^(D)
3 Are you wiser than Daniel^[a]?^(E)
    Is no secret hidden from you?
⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.^(F)
5 By your great skill in trading^(G)
    you have increased your wealth,^(H)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.^(I)

“‘Because you think you are wise,
    as wise as a god,
⁷ I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;^(J)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(K)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(L)
8 They will bring you down to the pit,^(M)
    and you will die a violent death^(N)
    in the heart of the seas.^(O)
9 Will you then say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,^(P)
    in the hands of those who slay you.^(Q)
10 You will die the death of the uncircumcised^(R)
    at the hands of foreigners.

¹⁸ Say to the king^(A) and to the queen mother,^(B)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns^(C)
    will fall from your heads.”

¹² The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    called you on that day^(A)
to weep^(B) and to wail,
    to tear out your hair^(C) and put on sackcloth.^(D)
13 But see, there is joy and revelry,^(E)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(F)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(G)