Ezekiel 28:1-10

YAHWEH spoke to me and said, “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Lord YAHWEH says to you: “ ‘Because your heart is swollen with pride, you have said, “I am a god. I sit in the seat of a god, enthroned in the heart of the sea.” You think you are as wise as a god, but you’re nothing but a man, not a god at all! So, you really think you are wiser than Daniel, and no mystery baffles you? By your wisdom and vast understanding you have amassed a great fortune! You have accumulated gold and silver and placed them into your royal treasuries. Through your great wisdom in trading, your fortune has continued to increase, but it has made your heart grow prouder. Therefore, Lord YAHWEH says to you: Do you really think your heart is like the heart of God? See for yourself as I bring ruthless enemies against you, the most brutal of the nations! They will unleash their swords against all that your marvelous wisdom has built, and they will strike down your splendor! You will die a violent death in the heart of the sea. They will throw you down into the abyss! Will you still say in the presence of your killers, “Don’t you know I’m a god?” But you will be merely a mortal man, and not a god, when you are in the clutches of the ones who strike you down! You will die like an outcast, a shameful death at the hand of foreigners. I, Lord YAHWEH, have decreed it!’ ”