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I am about to bring foreigners[a] against you, the most terrifying of nations.
They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom,[b]
and they will defile your splendor.
They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die violently[c] in the heart of the seas.
Will you still say, “I am a god,” before the one who kills you—
though you are a man and not a god—
when you are in the power of those who wound you?

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:7 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.
  2. Ezekiel 28:7 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”
  3. Ezekiel 28:8 tn Heb “you will die the death of the slain.”

I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(C)
They will bring you down to the pit,(D)
    and you will die a violent death(E)
    in the heart of the seas.(F)
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,(G)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(H)

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