Ezekiel 28:5-9
Ezekiel 28:5
By your great skill in trading you have increased your wealth, and because of your wealth your heart has grown proud.
Ezekiel 28:6
“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “ ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god,
Ezekiel 28:7
I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor.
Ezekiel 28:8
They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
Ezekiel 28:9
Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.