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)

⁵ 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.

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

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

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.

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)