Ezekiel 28:1-10

English Standard Version

^(C)“Because your heart is proud,
    and ^(D)you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas,’
yet ^(E)you are but a man, and no god,
    ^(F)though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
^3 (G)you are indeed wiser ^(H)than ^(I)Daniel;
    no secret is hidden from you;
⁴ by your wisdom and your understanding
    ^(J)you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries;
⁵ by your great wisdom in your trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and ^(K)your heart has become proud in your wealth—
⁶ therefore thus says the Lord God:
^(L)Because you make your heart
    like the heart of a god,
⁷ therefore, behold, I will bring ^(M)foreigners upon you,
    the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against ^(N)the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile ^(O)your splendor.
^8 (P)They shall thrust you down into the pit,
    ^(Q)and you shall die the death of the slain
    in the heart of the seas.
^9 (R)Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though ^(S)you are but a man, and no god,
    in the hands of those who slay you?
^10 (T)You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of foreigners;
    ^(U)for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”