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For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.

Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

Her feet go down to death,Her steps lay hold of hell. [fn]

27 Her house is the way to hell, [fn] Descending to the chambers of death.

18 But he does not know that the dead are there,That her guests are in the depths of hell. [fn]

Hell [fn] and Destruction [fn] are before the Lord;So how much more the hearts of the sons of men.

The way of life winds upward for the wise,That he may turn away from hell [fn] below.

You shall beat him with a rod,And deliver his soul from hell. [fn]

Hell [fn] and Destruction [fn] are never full;So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

"Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.

"Thus says the Lord GOD: "In the day when it went down to hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.

I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth.

They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations.

The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: "They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

"Though they dig into hell, [fn] From there my hand shall take them;Though they climb up to heaven,From there I will bring them down;

"Indeed, because he transgresses by wine,He is a proud man,And he does not stay at home.Because he enlarges his desire as hell, [fn] And he is like death, and cannot be satisfied,He gathers to himself all nationsAnd heaps up for himself all peoples.

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause [fn] shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.