Ezekiel 28:7

Behold, therefore 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 brightness.

Therefore - apodosis or consequent member of the sentence; the protasis or antecedent member is in ; .

I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations - the Chaldean foreigners, noted for their ferocity (; ).

They shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom - i:e., against thy beautiful possessions, acquired by thy wisdom, on which thou so pridest thyself (Ezekiel 28:3).

They shall defile thy brightness - i:e., obscure the brightness of thy kingdom.