Isaiah 5:14 “Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws,…”

Isaiah 5:14

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore hell hath inlarged it selfe, and hath opened his mouth, without measure, and their glorie, and their multitude, and their pompe, and hee that reioyceth among them, shall descend into it.

Darby Translation

Therefore doth Sheol enlarge its desire, and open its mouth without measure; and her splendour shall descend [into it], and her multitude, and her tumult, and [all] that is joyful within her.

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.

Bible in Basic English

For this cause the underworld has made wide its throat, opening its mouth without limit: and her glory, and the noise of her masses, and her loud-voiced feasters, will go down into it.

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Cross references

“hell”

Habakkuk 2:5 Isaiah 30:33 Proverbs 27:20 Matthew 7:13 Revelation 20:13–15 Isaiah 14:9

Habakkuk 2:5 · BSB

and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his ow…

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Proverbs 27:20 · BSB

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

Matthew 7:13 · BSB

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Revelation 20:13–15 · BSB

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Isaiah 14:9 · BSB

Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

“opened”

Numbers 16:30–34 Proverbs 1:12

Numbers 16:30–34 · BSB

But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the…

Proverbs 1:12 · BSB

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

“he that rejoiceth”

Luke 21:34 Psalm 55:15 Isaiah 21:4 Luke 16:20–23 Luke 17:27 Acts 12:21–23

Luke 21:34 · BSB

But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

Psalm 55:15 · BSB

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

Isaiah 21:4 · BSB

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

Luke 16:20–23 · BSB

And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores

Luke 17:27 · BSB

People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Acts 12:21–23 · BSB

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

Also

Proverbs 30:16

Proverbs 30:16 · BSB

Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.

15So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.

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