Isaías 5:14

Sagradas Escrituras

Por tanto el infierno ensanchó su alma, y sin medida extendió su boca; y su gloria y su multitud descendió allá ; y su fausto, y el que se regocijaba en él.

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Por tanto el Seol ha ensanchado su garganta y ha abierto sin medida su boca; y a él desciende el esplendor de Jerusalén, su multitud, su alboroto y el que se divertía en ella.

La Biblia Reina-Valera
Por eso ensanch� su interior el sepulcro, y sin medida extendi� su boca; y all� descender� la gloria de ellos, y su multitud, y su fausto, y el que en �l se holgaba.

La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Por tanto, se ensanch� el infierno, y sin medida extendi� su boca; y all� descender� la gloria de ellos, y su multitud, y su ostentaci�n, y el que en ello se regocijaba.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hell: Isaiah 14:9, Isaiah 30:33, Psalms 49:14, Proverbs 27:20, Ezekiel 32:18-30, Habakkuk 2:5, Matthew 7:13, Revelation 20:13-15

opened: Numbers 16:30-34, Proverbs 1:12

he that rejoiceth: Isaiah 21:4, 1 Samuel 25:36-38, 2 Samuel 13:28, 2 Samuel 13:29, Psalms 55:15, Daniel 5:3-6, Daniel 5:30, Nahum 1:10, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:20-23, Luke 17:27, Luke 21:34, Acts 12:21-23

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:1 - glory Numbers 16:32 - the earth Psalms 9:17 - The wicked Psalms 16:10 - my Psalms 49:17 - his Isaiah 10:3 - where Lamentations 1:10 - spread Ezekiel 7:12 - for Ezekiel 7:24 - I will also Luke 4:6 - and the Luke 10:15 - thrust Acts 25:23 - with

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself,.... That is, the grave, to receive the dead which die with famine and thirst; signifying that the number of the dead would be so great, that the common burying places would not be sufficient to hold them; but additions must be made to them; or some vast prodigious pit must be dug, capable of receiving them; like Tophet, deep and large: or "hath enlarged her soul" d; her desire after the dead, see Habakkuk 2:5 being insatiable, and one of those things which are never satisfied, or have enough,

Proverbs 30:15 wherefore it follows:

and opened her mouth without measure; immensely wide; there being no boundary to its desires, nor any end of its cravings, or of filling it. And so the Targum renders it, "without end". Moreover, by "hell" may be meant the miserable estate and condition of the Jews upon the destruction of Jerusalem, when they were in the utmost distress and misery, Proverbs 30:15- :.

And their glory; their glorious ones, their nobles, as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions; and the Targum, their princes, rulers, civil and ecclesiastical; which were the glory of the nation:

and their multitude; meaning the common people; or rather their great and honourable ones, as the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions render the word; and in which sense it may be used in the preceding verse Isaiah 5:13; since not of the poor, but of the rich, the context speaks; even of such who indulged themselves in luxury and pleasure:

and their pomp; the Septuagint version, "their rich ones"; such who live in pomp and splendour: but the word e signifies noise and tumult; and so the Targum renders it; and it designs noisy and tumultuous ones, who sing and roar, halloo and make a noise at feasts; and who may be called בני שאון, "sons of tumult", or "tumultuous ones"; Jeremiah 48:45 wherefore it follows:

and he that rejoiceth, that is, at their feasts,

shall descend into it; into hell, or the grave: or, "he that rejoiceth in it", that is, in the land or city; so the Targum,

"he that is strong among them;''

so Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it.

d הרחיבה נפשה "dilatavit suam animam", V. L. Munster, Montanus, Cocceius. e ושאונה "et strepitus ejus", Montanus, Forerius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Therefore hell - The word transated “hell,” שׁאול sh^e'ôl, has not the same meaning that we now attach to that word; its usual signification, among the Hebrews, was “the lower world, the region of departed spirits.” It corresponded to the Greek ἅδης Hadēs, “hades,” or place of the dead. This word occurs eleven times in the New Testament Matthew 11:23; Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13-14, in all of which places, except 1 Corinthians 15:55, it is rendered “hell,” though denoting, in most of those places, as it does in the Old Testament, the abodes of the dead. The Septuagint, in this place, and usually, translates the word שׁאול sh^e'ôl by ἅδης Hadēs, “Hades.” It was represented by the Hebrews as “low down, or deep” in the earth - contrasted with the height of heaven; Deuteronomy 32:22; Job 11:8; Psalms 139:7-8. It was a place where thick darkness reigns; Job 10:21-22 : ‘The land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself.’ It is described as having “valleys, or depths,” Proverbs 9:18. It is represented also as having “gates,” Isaiah 38:10; and as being inhabited by a great multitude, some of whom sit on thrones, occupied in some respects as they were on earth; see the note at Isaiah 14:9. And it is also said that the wicked descend into it by openings in the earth, as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram did; Numbers 15:30, ... In this place, it means evidently the “regions of the dead,” without the idea of punishment; and the poetic representation is, that so many of the Jews would be cut off by famine, thirst, and the sword, that those vast regions would be obliged “to enlarge themselves” in order to receive them. It means, therefore, that while many of them would go into captivity Isaiah 5:13, vast multitudes of them would be cut off by famine, thirst, and the sword.

Opened her mouth - As if to absorb or consume them; as a “cavern,” or opening of the earth does; compare Numbers 16:30.

Without measure - Without any limit.

And their glory - All that they esteemed their pride and honor shall descend together into the yawning gulf.

Their multitude - The multitude of people; their vast hosts.

Their pomp - Noise, tumult; the bustle, and shouting, and display made in battle, or war, or victory; Isaiah 13:4; Amos 2:2; Hosea 10:14.

And he that rejoiceth - All that the nation prided itself on, and all that was a source of joy, should be destroyed.