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Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
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A Direct Path to Destruction
Commentators are direct about the meaning of this verse: the adulteress's house is not just a metaphor for a bad path, but the literal 'way to Sheol.' Scholars explain 'Sheol' here refers to both the grave and hell itself. To enter her house is to take a deliberate step toward eternal destruction.
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Reformed Baptist
Her house is the way to hell Or "ways" F16 ; the broad highway to it; either to the grave, as "sheol" oft…
Presbyterian
Here is a moving example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will anyone dare to venture in…
