^j“Because your heart is proud,

and ^kyou have said, ‘I am a god,

I sit in the seat of the gods,

in the heart of the seas,’

yet ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

^mthough you make your heart like the heart of a god—

3  ⁿyou are indeed wiser ^othan ^pDaniel;

no secret is hidden from you;

4  by your wisdom and your understanding

^qyou have made wealth for yourself,

and have gathered gold and silver

into your treasuries;

5  by your great wisdom in your trade

you have increased your wealth,

and ^jyour heart has become proud in your wealth—

6  therefore thus says the Lord God:

^rBecause you make your heart

like the heart of a god,

7  therefore, behold, I will bring ^sforeigners upon you,

the most ruthless of the nations;

and they shall draw their swords against ^tthe beauty of your wisdom

and defile ^tyour splendor.

8  ^uThey shall thrust you down into the pit,

^vand you shall die the death of the slain

in the heart of the seas.

9  ^wWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’

in the presence of those who kill you,

though ^lyou are but a man, and no god,

in the hands of those who slay you?

10  ^xYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised

by the hand of foreigners;

^yfor I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”