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Proclamation against the King of Tyre

28 The word of the Lord came to me: Mortal, say to the prince of Tyre: Thus says the Lord God:

Because your heart is proud
    and you have said, “I am a god;
I sit in the seat of the gods,
    in the heart of the seas,”
yet you are but a mortal and no god,
    though you compare your mind
    with the mind of a god.(A)
You are indeed wiser than Daniel;[a]
    no secret is hidden from you;(B)
by your wisdom and your understanding
    you have amassed wealth for yourself
and have gathered gold and silver
    into your treasuries.(C)
By your great wisdom in trade
    you have increased your wealth,
    and your heart has become proud in your wealth.(D)
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you compare your mind
    with the mind of a god,(E)
therefore, I will bring strangers against you,
    the most terrible of the nations;
they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
    and defile your splendor.(F)
They shall thrust you down to the Pit,
    and you shall die a violent death
    in the heart of the seas.(G)
Will you still say, “I am a god,”
    in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a mortal and no god,
    in the hands of those who pierce you?
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
    by the hand of foreigners,
    for I have spoken, says the Lord God.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. 28.3 Or Danel