1. The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
2. Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thine heart as the heart of God:
3. behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
4. by thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures:
5. by thy great wisdom and by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches:
6. therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
7. therefore behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
8. They shall bring thee down to the pit; and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain, in the heart of the seas.