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What 'Hell' Means Here
Commentators clarify that the word 'Sheol,' often translated as 'hell,' does not mean a place of eternal fiery torment in this context. Instead, it refers to the grave or the realm of the dead, similar to the Greek 'Hades.' Isaiah uses powerful poetic imagery of an insatiable grave enlarging itself to swallow the vast number of people who will die in God's judgment.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 5:14
18th Century
Theologian
Therefore hell - The word translated “hell,” שׁאול (she'ôl)—does not have the same meaning that we now attach t…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 5:14
19th Century
Bishop
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself. —The Hebrew Sheol, or Hades, like “hell” itself in its original m…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 5:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
What a wonderful description that is of the Church of God when it goes wrong, when there is evil in it. Then evil multiplies itself greatly in the …
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 5:14
16th Century
Theologian
Therefore hell has enlarged his soul. In this verse, the Prophet intended to heighten the alarm of people who were at ease and not yet suf…
John Gill
On Isaiah 5:14
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore hell has enlarged herself That is, the grave, to receive the dead which die with famine and thirst; signifying …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 5:8–23
17th Century
Minister
Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. It is not that it is sinful for those who have a house and a field to purch…