4 With your wisdom and your understanding
You have gained ariches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
You have gained ariches for yourself,
And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries;
5 aBy your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches,
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),”
7 Behold, therefore, I will bring astrangers against you,
bThe most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
bThe most terrible of the nations;
And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
And defile your splendor.
8 They shall throw you down into the aPit,
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.
And you shall die the death of the slain
In the midst of the seas.
9 “Will you still asay before him who slays you,
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
‘I am a god’?
But you shall be a man, and not a god,
In the hand of him who slays you.
10 You shall die the death of athe uncircumcised
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”
By the hand of aliens;
For I have spoken,” says the Lord God.’ ”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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