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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 27: 34 Now that thou art broken by the seas in the depths of the waters, and thy merchandise and all thy company are fallen in the midst of thee,
Ezekiel 27: 35 All the inhabitants of the isles are appalled at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, they are troubled in their countenance;
Ezekiel 27: 36 The merchants among the peoples hiss at thee; thou art become a terror, and never shalt be any more.'
Ezekiel 28: 1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 28: 2 'Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyre: Thus saith the Lord GOD: because thy heart is lifted up, and thou hast said: I am a god, I sit in the seat of God, in the heart of the seas; yet thou art man, and not God, though thou didst set thy heart as the heart of God--
Ezekiel 28: 3 Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel! there is no secret that they can hide from thee!
Ezekiel 28: 4 By thy wisdom and by thy discernment thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures;
Ezekiel 28: 5 In thy great wisdom by thy traffic hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted up because of thy riches--
Ezekiel 28: 6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: because thou hast set thy heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel 28: 7 Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightnes 
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