KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 5:14
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
WEB World English Bible
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, their multitude, their pomp, and he who rejoices among them, descend into it.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Therefore hath Sheol enlarged herself, And hath opened her mouth without limit. And gone down hath its honour, and its multitude, And its noise, and its exulting one—into her.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 5
11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!
12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
14 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.
15 And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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לָכֵ֗ןH3651 · kenrightהִרְחִ֤יבָהH7337 · ra.chavto enlargeשְּׁאוֹל֙H7585 · she.olhell: Sheolנַפְשָׁ֔הּH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוּפָעֲרָ֥הH6473 · pa.arto openפִ֖יהָH6310 · pehlipלִבְלִי־H1097 · be.liwithoutחֹ֑קH2706 · choqstatute: decreeוְיָרַ֨דH3381 · ya.radto go downהֲדָרָ֧הּH1926 · ha.dargloryוַהֲמוֹנָ֛הּH1995 · ha.moncrowdוּשְׁאוֹנָ֖הּH7588 · sha.onroarוְעָלֵ֥זH5938 · a.lezexultantבָּֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
Cross-references
Habakkuk 2:5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:Proverbs 30:16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is] enough.Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.Psalm 55:15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.Isaiah 30:33For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.Revelation 20:13-15And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Proverbs 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.Isaiah 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.Numbers 16:30-34But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.Luke 16:20-23And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,Psalm 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.Luke 12:19-20And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.Isaiah 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.Ezekiel 32:18-30Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, [even] her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.Acts 12:21-23And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
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