“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.”
Ezekiel 28:7 (WEB)
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5By your great wisdomand by your trading you have increased your riches,and your heart is lifted up because of your riches — ” 6“‘therefore the Lord Yahweh says:“Because you have set your heart as the heart of God, 7therefore, 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. 8They will bring you down to the pit.You will die the death of those who are slainin the heart of the seas. 9Will you yet say before him who kills you, ‘I am God’?But you are man, and not God,in the hand of him who wounds you.