Isaiah 5:14
14 Therefore hell [sha'owl] hath enlarged [rachab]
herself, [nephesh] and opened [pa`ar] her mouth [peh] without
measure: [choq] and their glory, [hadar] and their multitude, [hamown] and their pomp, [sha'own] and he that
rejoiceth, [`alez] shall descend [yarad] into it. KJV-Interlinear
14
Therefore, Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure;
And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry, and the jubilant
within her, descend into it. NASB
Sheol is the Hebrew word
counterpart for the Greek word, hades.
In general, both words
refer to the land or the region of the dead, the underworld. The underworld contains four compartments, Paradise,
Tartarus, Torments, and the Abyss.
This underworld, here
spoken in negative terms, is in stark contrast to heaven, heaven being the highest
height attainable, whereas sheol or the underworld land of the dead being the
lowest of depths imaginable and the farthest possible one can be from heaven.
Sheol has been referred
to as a place of thick darkness, Job 10:21-22.
It is described as having ‘valleys, or depths,’ Prov 9:18. It is represented also as having ‘gates,’ Isa
38:10. It is described as being
inhabited by a great multitude, Isa 14:9.
Enlarged throat and opened
mouth, means that the entrance into sheol has no limitation in size. It can accommodate any number that will enter
into its depths. There are no lines, no
waiting. Entrance is immediate and
without hesitation.
Multitude, is a reference
to great numbers that will actually enter in to the underworld land of the dead,
exclusive of Paradise. Paradise is not
in view here.
And all of the pomp, all
of the glory, all of the partying attitude, all of the self-righteousness, all
of the opinions of man, every worldly thing that people take pride in, and
rejoice in, and celebrate, and assume a belief in, will slide right with them
into that land of the dead. Dead things
belong together and the dead never amount to anything.
Only people are
resurrected, never things or objects of their pleasure and enjoyment or lust.
Only Bible doctrine is
truth. Only Bible doctrine remains in the
soul with the individual forever.
What happens to all of the
attitude, pride, lusts, desires, irresponsibility's, mocking, ridicule, and
such that characterize a life apart from doctrine?
They die right along with
those people who promote them and embrace them and pursue them. They are dead things and they end up in the
place of the dead, never to be heard from again.
Pursuit of the world is a
pursuit of something that will cease to exist, leaving you with nothing and
possibly worse for unbelievers.
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