I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom
    and pierce your shining splendour.
They will bring you down to the pit,
    and you will die a violent death
    in the heart of the seas.
Will you then say, ‘I am a god,’
    in the presence of those who kill you?
You will be but a mortal, not a god,
    in the hands of those who slay you.

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