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therefore, I will bring strangers upon you,
    the most cruel of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
    and defile your brightness.
They shall bring you down to the pit,
    and you shall die the death of those who are slain
    in the midst of the seas.
Will you yet say before him who slays you,
    “I am a god,”
although you are a man and not God,
    in the hands of those who wound you?

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I am going to bring foreigners against you,
    the most ruthless of nations;(A)
they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom(B)
    and pierce your shining splendor.(C)
They will bring you down to the pit,(D)
    and you will die a violent death(E)
    in the heart of the seas.(F)
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,(G)
    in the hands of those who slay you.(H)

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