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Ezekiel 28:4-7

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28:4 By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself;

you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

28:5 By your great skill 1  in trade you have increased your wealth,

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

28:6 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says:

Because you think you are godlike, 2 

28:7 I am about to bring foreigners 3  against you, the most terrifying of nations.

They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, 4 

and they will defile your splendor.

1 tn Or “wisdom.”

2 tn Heb “because of your making your heart like the heart of gods.”

3 sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.

4 tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”



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