Reference

Habakkuk 2:5

Total Abstinence Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)Sheol / The Grave

“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:”

For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

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:

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Total Abstinence

Multi-Signal Classification

30% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)

Multi-Signal Classification

30% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Sheol / The Grave

Keyword Match

60% relevance

This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Total Abstinence

The verse describes the negative character traits and actions of a specific "proud man" who "transgresseth by wine," but it does not issue a general command for total abstinence from wine for all people.

Hell Terminology (Sheol/Hades/Gehenna/Lake of Fire)

The verse uses "hell" as a simile to describe an insatiable desire, not as a direct reference to a place or state of punishment. The term "hell" here functions as a metaphor for an expansive, unquenchable craving, rather than denoting a specific theological location of judgment.

Sheol / The Grave

The verse uses "hell" (Sheol in some translations) as a metaphor for insatiable desire, not as a literal destination or state of the dead. The primary focus is on the character of a proud, unsatisfied man who gathers nations, not on the concept of death or the afterlife.