New Living Translation (NLT)
Ezekiel 28
2 “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.
3 You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you.
4 With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth— gold and silver for your treasuries.
5 Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.
6 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you think you are as wise as a god,
7 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!
8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.
9 Will you then boast, ‘I am a god!’ to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man!
10 You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
11 Then this further message came to me from the LORD:
12 “Son of man, sing this funeral song for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: “You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty.
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