1-5. God’s Message came to me, “Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God, the Master, says:“‘Your heart is proud,going around saying, “I’m a god.I sit on God’s divine throne,ruling the sea”—You, a mere mortal,not even close to being a god,A mere mortaltrying to be a god.Look, you think you’re smarter than Daniel.No enigmas can stump you.Your sharp intelligencemade you world-wealthy.You piled up gold and silverin your banks.You used your head well,worked good deals, made a lot of money.But the money has gone to your head,swelled your head—what a big head!
6-11. “‘Therefore, God, the Master, says:“‘Because you’re acting like a god,pretending to be a god,I’m giving fair warning: I’m bringing strangers down on you,the most vicious of all nations.They’ll pull their swords and make hashof your reputation for knowing it all.They’ll puncture the balloonof your god-pretensions.They’ll bring you down from your self-made pedestaland bury you in the deep blue sea.Will you protest to your assassins,“You can’t do that! I’m a god”?To them you’re a mere mortal.They’re killing a man, not a god.You’ll die like a stray dog,killed by strangers—Because I said so.Decree of God, the Master.’”