Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
hell—the grave; Hebrew, sheol; Greek, hades; "the unseen world of spirits." Not here, "the place of torment." Poetically, it is represented as enlarging itself immensely, in order to receive the countless hosts of Jews, which should perish (Numbers 16:30).
their—that is, of the Jewish people.
he that rejoiceth—the drunken reveller in Jerusalem.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 5:14:
Isaiah 22:13
Habakkuk 2:5
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