Isaiah 5:14

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude go down, her throng and all who exult in her.

Cross References

Psalm 49:14

Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.

Psalm 55:15

Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol, for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.

Proverbs 1:12

like Sheol let us swallow them alive and whole, like those who go down to the Pit.

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.

Proverbs 30:16

Sheol, the barren womb, the earth ever-thirsty for water, and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

Isaiah 14:11

Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the sound of your harps; maggots are the bed beneath you, and worms are your covering.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.

Isaiah 21:4

My mind reels; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

Isaiah 24:8

The mirth of the timbrels is stilled; the noise of the jubilant has ceased; the mirth of the lyre is stilled.

Isaiah 30:33

For his burning place has long been prepared, also for the king; its pyre is made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was killed.

Nahum 1:10

Like thorns they are entangled; like drunkards they are drunk; they are consumed like dry straw.

Habakkuk 2:5

Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves and collect all peoples as their own.

Matthew 7:13

“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.

Luke 17:27

They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage until the day Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all of them.

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,