“Would you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am Elohim’, whereas you are man, and not Ě
“Son of man, say to the prince of Tsor, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Because your heart is lifted up, and you say, ‘I am Ě
And the Mitsrites are men, and not Ě
“But as men you die, And fall as one of the heads.”
“See, this was the crookedness of your sister Seḏ
“Down into the Pit they shall bring you, and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.
“The death of the uncircumcised you shall die, by the hand of foreigners. For I have spoken,” declares the Master יהוה.’ ”
This is the exultant city that is dwelling in safety, that said in her heart, “I am it, and there is none but me.” How has she become a waste, a place for beasts to lie down! Everyone who passes by her whistles and shakes his fist.