Ezekiel 28:5

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

and your heart is proud because of your wealth.

Ezekiel 28:7

28:7 I am about to bring foreigners ²  against you, the most terrifying of nations.

They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, ³ 

and they will defile your splendor.

Ezekiel 28:17

28:17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;

you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor.

I threw you down to the ground;

I placed you before kings, that they might see you.

[28:5]  ¹ tn Or “wisdom.”

[28:7]  ² sn This is probably a reference to the Babylonians.

[28:7]  ³ tn Heb “they will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom.”