Ezekiel 28:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶     Too much buying and selling—a greedy obsession!
        You became motivated to violence and did wicked things.
    Polluted and disgraced, I drove you off the mountain of God!
        I expelled you, O guardian protector, from the fiery stones.
¹⁷     Your heart swelled with pride because of your beauty and talents.
        Your hunger for fame, your thirst for glory corrupted your wisdom.
    This is why I drove you to the ground
        and made an example out of you before a company of kings.
¹⁸     You desecrated your sanctuaries
        by pursuing sin after sin and cheating in business.
    I set a flame inside of you, and it devoured you completely.
        I reduced you to a pile of ashes on the ground,
        a sight for all to see.