Isaiah 5:14
Therefore hath hell enlarged her soul, and opened her mouth without any bounds, and their strong ones, and their people, and their high and glorious ones shall go down into it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal's heart was merry: for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.
Psalms 49:14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
Proverbs 30:16Hell, and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.
Isaiah 21:4My heart failed, darkness amazed me: Babylon my beloved is become a wonder to me.
Ezekiel 32:18Son of man, sing a mournful song for the multitude of Egypt: and cast her down, both her, and the daughters of the mighty nations to the lowest part of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:9-18
Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. ( b. c. 758.) 8 Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! 9 In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of a homer shall yield an ephah. 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow… Read the whole commentary →