6. ‘ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:‘ “Because you think you are wise,as wise as a god,
7. I am going to bring foreigners against you,the most ruthless of nations;they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdomand pierce your shining splendour.
8. They will bring you down to the pit,and you will die a violent deathin the heart of the seas.
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.
10. You will die the death of the uncircumcisedat the hands of foreigners.I have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord.” ’
11. The word of the Lord came to me:
12. ‘Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:‘ “You were the seal of perfection,full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.