Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide; 1 their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol. 1

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Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

In Context

13Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; 1 their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink. 1

15Man will be forced to bend down, and mankind will be humbled; the eyes of the lofty will be cast down. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:36Abigail went back to Nabal; behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol, 1 and death will be their shepherd. 1 The upright will rule over them in the morning, 1 and their bodies will be consumed in Sheol, 1 with no place for them to live. 1

Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy, 1 and make them like those who fall into the pit. 1

Proverbs 30:16Sheol; the barren womb; 1 land that is never satisfied with water; 1 and the fire that never says, “Enough!” 1

Isaiah 21:4My heart pounds; I shake with fear. 1 Twilight was my desire, but it brought me terror. 1

Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, weep for the multitudes of Egypt and bring them down— 1 her and the daughters of majestic nations—to the lowest earth with those who have gone down to the pit. 1

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 →

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