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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself,.... That is, the grave, to receive the dead which die with famine and thirst;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Therefore hell - The word transated “hell,” שׁאול she'ôl, has not the same meaning that we now attach to that word; its…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 5:8-17
The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger…
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