Ezekiel 28

¹And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that 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 gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.

³Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!

⁴By your wisdom and understanding you have gained your wealth and amassed gold and silver for your treasuries.

⁵By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, but your heart has grown proud because of it.

⁶Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you regard your heart as the heart of a god,

⁷behold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.

⁸They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.

⁹Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.

¹⁰You will die the death of the uncircumcised at the hands of foreigners. For I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.”

¹¹Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

¹²“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.