28 Then Yahweh gave me another message: 2 “Humanity’s child, tell Tsor’s ruler that the master Yahweh says this: Your heart is proud and you’ve said, “I’m a god. I’ll sit in the seat of gods in the vital centre of the oceans.” Even though you’re a man and not a god, you tell yourself that you’re a god.

3 Listen, you king of Tsor, are you wiser than Daniyel was? Are there any secrets that you don’t already know? 4 You’ve used your wisdom and skill to make yourself wealthy, and amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. 5 By great wisdom and by your trading, you’ve multiplied your wealth, but now you’ve become arrogant because of your wealth.

6 Therefore, the master Yahweh says this: Because you’ve convinced yourself that you’re invincible like a god, 7 I’ll bring foreigners against you—terrifying warriors from other nations. They’ll bring their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they’ll defile your splendour. 8 They’ll send you down to the pit, and you’ll die violently like those who die at sea. 9 Will you really say, “I’m a god” to the face of one who’s about to kill you? You’re a man and not God, and you’ll be at the mercy of the one who runs you through. 10 You’ll die like an ungodly person killed by foreigners, because I’ve declared it. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration.’ ”