1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre: This is what the Lord God says:Your heart is proud,and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of godsin the heart of the sea.’Yet you are a man and not a god,though you have regarded your heartas that of a god.
3. Yes, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!
4. By your wisdom and understandingyou have acquired wealth for yourself.You have acquired gold and silverfor your treasuries.
5. By your great skill in tradingyou have increased your wealth,but your heart has become proudbecause of your wealth.”
6. Therefore this is what the Lord God says:Because you regard your heart as that of a god,
7. I am about to bring strangers against you,ruthless men from the nations.They will draw their swordsagainst your magnificent wisdomand will defile your splendor.
8. They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent deathin the heart of the sea.