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and said, "I called {from my distress} to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help-- you heard my voice. Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodThe DeadBeggarsSheolStressNearness Of DeathGod AnsweredCrying For HelpDeath Looms NearGod Paid Attention To Mejonah

{How much less} the defiant; [the] arrogant, treacherous man? He who broadens his throat like Sheol, and who, like death, is not satisfied, and who gathers to himself all the nations, and harvested for himself all the peoples, will not succeed. Verse ConceptsCoveting, prohibition ofdissatisfactionAmbition, Warnings RegardingGrave, TheSatisfactionWorldly AmbitionCovetousness, Nature ofAlcohol ConsumptionEffect Of WineDealing With The NationsThe Fact Of Death

And you climbed down to the king with oil, and you made your perfumes numerous, and you sent your envoys {far away}, and you {sent down deep} to Sheol. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsAnointing, Social CustomenvoyPerfumeAttraction

And they do not lie with warriors fallen from long ago, who went down [to] Sheol with their weapons of war, and they placed their sword under their heads, and their shields were on their bones, for [the] terror of [the] warriors [was] in [the] land of the living. Verse ConceptsIniquity, Punishment ForHell, Punishment OfWeaponsFearing Other PeopleLife And DeathState Of The Dead

But you are brought down to Sheol, to [the] depths of [the] pit. Verse ConceptsPitsSheolGoing Down To The PitAbasing PeoplePits As A Term For Graves

Because you have said, "We have {made} a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol. [The] overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood." Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfFalse ConfidenceGrave, TheHell, As An ExperienceImmunityRefugeSelf ConfidenceTrust, Lack OfArrogance, Characterizes The WickedHiding From Peopleshelter

And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; you will become a trampling place for the overwhelming flood when it passes through. Verse ConceptsAgreementTrampling PeopleNot DyingDeath Preventedcovenantcheaters

Sheol below is getting excited over you, to meet {you when you come}; it arouses [the] dead spirits for you, all of [the] leaders of [the] earth. It raises all of [the] kings of [the] nations from their thrones. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheGreetingsSpiritsThroneDeath Of The Wickedwelcome

Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat, and it has opened wide its mouth without limit, and her nobles will go down, and her multitude, her tumult and those who revel in her. Verse ConceptsGrave, TheThe Glory Of ManThe Fact Of Death

From the sound of its downfall I caused nations to shake when I made it go down to Sheol, with [the people] going down to [the] grave, and [so] in [the] world below all of the trees of Eden, [the] choice and the best of Lebanon, {all the well-watered trees} were comforted! They also went down with it to Sheol to {those who died by the sword}, and its army [who] [had] lived in its shadow in the midst of nations.

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[The] chiefs of [the] warriors will speak to him from the middle of Sheol; with his helpers they have gone down; the uncircumcised lie [still], {those slain by the sword}. Verse ConceptsDying With The UncircumcisedState Of The Dead

If they dig into Sheol, from there my hand will take them, and [even] if they climb up [to] heaven, from there I will bring them down. Verse ConceptsClimbingHand Of GodAstronautsGod's HandExcavationLowering PeopleDesire For DeathGod's Hands In OppositionEscaping From Godsoaring