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“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘The Lord Yahweh says:

“Because your heart is lifted up,
    and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of God,
    in the middle of the seas;’
yet you are man,
    and no god,
    though you set your heart as the heart of a god—
behold, you are wiser than Daniel.
    There is no secret that is hidden from you.
By your wisdom and by your understanding you have gotten yourself riches,
    and have gotten gold and silver into your treasuries.
By your great wisdom
    and by your trading you have increased your riches,
    and your heart is lifted up because of your riches—”

“‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says:

“Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
    therefore, behold, I will bring strangers on you,
    the terrible of the nations.
They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.
    They will defile your brightness.

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