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17 You were proud of being handsome, and your fame made you act like a fool. Because of this I hurled you to the ground and left you as a warning to other kings. 18 You did such evil in buying and selling that your places of worship were corrupted. So I set fire to the city and burned it to the ground. All who look at you now see you reduced to ashes. 19 You are gone, gone forever, and all the nations that had come to know you are terrified, afraid that they will share your fate.”

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17 Your heart became proud(A)
    on account of your beauty,
and you corrupted your wisdom
    because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth;
    I made a spectacle of you before kings.(B)
18 By your many sins and dishonest trade
    you have desecrated your sanctuaries.
So I made a fire(C) come out from you,
    and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes(D) on the ground
    in the sight of all who were watching.(E)
19 All the nations who knew you
    are appalled(F) at you;
you have come to a horrible end
    and will be no more.(G)’”

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