And you, son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord: Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet you are a man and not God, though you have set your heart as the heart of God.

By your abundant knowledge and your traffic you have multiplied your power; your heart has been lifted up by your power.

And your name went forth among the nations because of your beauty; because it was perfected with elegance, [and] in the comeliness which I put upon you, says the Lord.

But you trusted in your beauty, and went a-whoring because of your fame, and poured out your fornication on every passer by.

Therefore thus says the Lord: Because you have grown great, and have set your top in the midst of the clouds, and I saw when he was exalted;

Wherever pride enters, there will also be disgrace, but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

And the princes of Tanis shall be fools; [as for] the king's wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly; how will you say to the king, we are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?

The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up [with pride], and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.

The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them?

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of the own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,

For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the prudent I will annul."

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, God was well pleased, through the foolishness of our preaching, to save those that believe.

[ 40:6] And send forth messengers with wrath, and lay low every haughty one.

[ 40:7] Bring down also the proud man, and consume at once the ungodly.

Surely You have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings; You have cast them down when they were lifted up.

The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.

And they shall burn your houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on you in the sight of many women; and I will turn you back from harlotry, and I will no more give [you] rewards.

And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness.

And many nations shall mourn over you, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when My sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their [own] fall from the day of your fall.

Hell from beneath is provoked to meet you; all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against you, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Your glory has come down to Hades, and your great mirth; under you they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be your covering.