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Ezekiel 28:5-7
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5 By your great skill[a] in trade you have increased your wealth,
and your heart is proud because of your wealth.
6 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike,[b]
7 I am about to bring foreigners[c] against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,[d]
and they will defile your splendor.

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  1. Ezekiel 28:5 tn Or “wisdom.”
  2. Ezekiel 28:6 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”
  3. Ezekiel 28:7 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
  4. Ezekiel 28:7 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”
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Ezekiel 28:5-7
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5 By your great skill in trading(A)
    you have increased your wealth,(B)
and because of your wealth
    your heart has grown proud.(C)

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;(D)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(E)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(F)

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