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Let`s swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.
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The Jaws of Sheol
Commentators explain that the sinners' boast to "swallow them up alive as Sheol" uses powerful imagery. Sheol (the grave or realm of the dead) and "the pit" represent sudden, complete, and irreversible destruction. One scholar connects this to the biblical account of the earth swallowing Dathan and Abiram, illustrating the total annihilation the wicked desire for their victims.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That is, "We will be as all-devouring as Sheol. The destruction of those we attack shall be as sudden as that of those who go down quickly into the…
19th Century
Anglican
Alive. — Compare the death of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:30).
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave
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