14 Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!
Isaiah 5:14
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Isaiah 14:8–10
8 Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.” 9 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… 10 …
Book of Enoch 56:7–8
7 But the city of my righteous shall be a hindrance to their horses. And they shall begin to fight among themselves, And their right hand shall be strong against themselves, And a man shall not know his brother, Nor a son his father or his mother, Till there be… (ENO)
Isaiah 14:14–16
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” 15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. 16 Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made t…
Proverbs 1:11–13
11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, 12 let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. 13 We will find all manner of precious goods; we will fill our houses with plunder.
Proverbs 9:17–18
17 “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” 18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Book of Enoch 54:1–3
1 And I looked and turned to another part of the earth, and saw there a deep valley with burning fire. (ENO) 2 And they brought the kings and the mighty, and began to cast them into this deep valley. (ENO) 3 And there mine eyes saw how they made these their instruments, iron cha… (ENO)
Ezekiel 32:17–19
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 18 “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
Amos 8:2–4
2 “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.” 3 “In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many wi…
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