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# Sheol has made its appetite greater and has opened its mouth very wide
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This phrase speaks of Sheol, which stands here for the grave, to an animal that is ready to eat other animals. It implies that many, many people will die. AT: "death is like a hungry animal that has opened its mouth wide to eat up many people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# their elite, the people, their leaders, and the revelers and those who are happy among them, descend into Sheol
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The prophet speaks of the future as if it were happening now. AT: "Many people of Israel, their important people and common people, their leaders and those who enjoy wild parties, will go into Sheol" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pastforfuture]])
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