1 Then this message came to me from the Lord :
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“Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign Lord : “In your great pride you claim, ‘I am a god!
I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.’
But you are only a man and not a god,
though you boast that you are a god.
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You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel
and think no secret is hidden from you.
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With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth -
gold and silver for your treasuries.
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Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich,
and your riches have made you very proud.
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“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
Because you think you are as wise as a god,
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I will now bring against you a foreign army,
the terror of the nations.
They will draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom
and defile your splendor!
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They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die in the heart of the sea,
pierced with many wounds.
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Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’
to those who kill you?
To them you will be no god
but merely a man!
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You will die like an outcast 1
at the hands of foreigners.
I, the Sovereign Lord , have spoken!”