Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
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! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore Sheol (the unseen state, the realm of the dead) has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth without measure; and [Jerusalem's] nobility and her multitude and her pomp and tumult and [the drunken reveler] who exults in her descend into it. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend into it. Common English Bible Therefore, the grave opens wide its jaws, opens its mouth beyond all bounds, and the splendid multitudes will go down, with all their uproar and cheering. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, Hell has expanded its soul, and has opened its mouth without any limits. And their strong ones, and their people, and their exalted and glorious ones will descend into it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Let’s swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the Pit.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
Sheol; a childless womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water; and fire, which never says, ‘Enough! ’
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.’
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.
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.
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.
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.
For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.
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.
‘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.
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.
‘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