Isaiah 5:14-16 Therefore hell has enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp… Though men may slavishly dread an arbitrary will, they can never feel for it that salutary tear which is the beginning of wisdom; and unless we believe that God's judgments are righteous — that they are a part of the steady administration of a polity — as well as good in their effects, it will be impossible for us to keep long from superstition, or its opposite, scepticism. And, therefore, we may see the germ of a true historical and political philosophy in the prophet's repeated assertion, that God is exalted in executing justice and sanctified in righteousness. (Sir E. Strachey, Bart.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. |
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