Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
(Habakkuk 2:5) KJV
The expansion of hell was such a well-known phenomenon to the ancient Hebrews that Habakkuk uses it as a metaphor for a man whose desire for drink and carousing is insatiable.
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