⁴ By your wisdom and understanding
    you have gained wealth for yourself
and amassed gold and silver
    in your treasuries.^(A)

“‘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;^(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom^(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.^(C)
8 They will bring you down to the pit,^(D)
    and you will die a violent death^(E)
    in the heart of the seas.^(F)

“‘You were the seal of perfection,
    full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.^(B)

¹⁷ Your heart became proud^(A)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.^(B)