Isaiah 5:14

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!

Cross References

Luke 21:34

‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wine   betrays; an arrogant man is never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself; he collects all the peoples for himself.

Proverbs 30:16

Sheol;  a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, ‘Enough! ’

Matthew 7:13

‘Enter through the narrow gate.   For the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction,   and there are many who go through it.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon  are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.

Isaiah 30:33

Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord,  like a torrent of burning sulphur, kindles it.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you – all the rulers  of the earth – making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Luke 17:27

People went on eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage   until the day Noah boarded the ark,   and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Isaiah 21:4

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them alive,  like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,

Nahum 1:10

For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

Isaiah 14:11

Your splendour has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.’

Isaiah 24:8

The joyful tambourines  have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day has arrived. Let the buyer not rejoice and the seller not mourn, for wrath is on her whole crowd.