12 Man in his pomp will not remain;
he is flike the beasts that perish.
32 When he is carried to the grave,
watch is kept over his tomb.
14 All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds,1 and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, to the world below, among the children of man,2 with lthose who go down to the pit.
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God:
“Because your iheart is proud,
and you have said, ‘I am a god,
I sit in the seat of the gods,
in the heart of the seas,’
yet you are but a man, and no god,
though you make your heart like the heart of a god—
3 jyou are indeed kwiser than Daniel;
no secret is hidden from you;
4 by your wisdom and your understanding
you have made wealth for yourself,
and have gathered gold and silver
into your treasuries;
5 by your great wisdom in your trade
you have increased your wealth,
and your heart has become proud in your wealth—
6 therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you make your heart
like the heart of a god,
7 therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
lthe most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.
8 They shall thrust you down into the pit,
and you shall die the death of the slain
in the heart of the seas.
9 Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’
in the presence of those who kill you,
though you are but a man, and no god,
in the hands of those who slay you?
10 mYou shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of foreigners;
for I have spoken, declares the Lord God.”
