14 Therefore Sheol has (A)enlarged its appetite
    and opened (B)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[a] and her multitude will go down,
    her revelers and he who (C)exults in her.

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  1. Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility

14 Therefore Death(A) expands its jaws,
    opening wide its mouth;(B)
into it will descend their nobles and masses
    with all their brawlers and revelers.(C)

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life,(A) and that day will close on you suddenly(B) like a trap.

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“Moreover, wine[a] is (A)a traitor,
    an arrogant man who is never at rest.[b]
His greed is as wide as Sheol;
    like death (B)he has never enough.
(C)He gathers for himself all nations
    and collects as his own all peoples.”

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  1. Habakkuk 2:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll wealth
  2. Habakkuk 2:5 The meaning of the Hebrew of these two lines is uncertain

indeed, wine(A) betrays him;
    he is arrogant(B) and never at rest.
Because he is as greedy as the grave
    and like death is never satisfied,(C)
he gathers to himself all the nations
    and takes captive(D) all the peoples.

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16 (A)Sheol, (B)the barren womb,
    the land never satisfied with water,
    and the fire that never says, “Enough.”

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16 the grave,(A) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

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13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.

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  1. Matthew 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate.(A) For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

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20 (A)Sheol and Abaddon are (B)never satisfied,
    and (C)never satisfied are the eyes of man.

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

15 Let death steal over them;
    let them go down to Sheol (A)alive;
    for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

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15 Let death take my enemies by surprise;(A)
    let them go down alive to the realm of the dead,(B)
    for evil finds lodging among them.

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13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, (A)Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, (B)according to what they had done. 14 Then (C)Death and Hades (D)were thrown into the lake of fire. This is (E)the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, (F)he was thrown into the lake of fire.

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13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades(A) gave up the dead(B) that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done.(C) 14 Then death(D) and Hades(E) were thrown into the lake of fire.(F) The lake of fire is the second death.(G) 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life(H) was thrown into the lake of fire.

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33 For (A)a burning place[a] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (B)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (C)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

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  1. Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth

33 Topheth(A) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(B) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,(C)
    sets it ablaze.(D)

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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.

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The realm of the dead(A) below is all astir
    to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed(B) to greet you—
    all those who were leaders(C) in the world;
it makes them rise from their thrones—
    all those who were kings over the nations.(D)

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30 But if the Lord creates something new, and (A)the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord.”

31 (C)And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart. 32 And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and (D)all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods. 33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and (E)they perished from the midst of the assembly. 34 And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!”

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30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(A) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(B) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(C)

31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart(D) 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them(E) and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead,(F) with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community. 34 At their cries, all the Israelites around them fled, shouting, “The earth is going to swallow us too!”

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21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. 22 And the people were shouting, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!” 23 Immediately (A)an angel of the Lord struck him down, because (B)he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

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21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(A) of the Lord struck him down,(B) and he was eaten by worms and died.

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27 (A)They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

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

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