Jer. 2. 3 all that devour him shall offend; evil shall consume upon them.
10. 25 pour out thy fury on the heathen, for they have eaten up Jacob.
30. 11 though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, I will not make a full end of thee. 16, 24.
Heb. 8. 10 I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.
SPIRITS IN PRISON.
The writings of every dispensation of the Priesthood evidence that the Creator provided a place of confinement or retention, where intelligences await future events concerning themselves.
Several hundred years before the flood, the Lord, speaking to Enoch concerning the wicked, said: "Behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them;" P. of G. P., page 20.
The idea of a pit or prison for man, appears to have been quite definite in the mind of Job; speaking of God's dealings with man, he says, "He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword;" 33. 18.
The Psalmist David called this place hell or place of departed spirits, for he said of the Lord, "Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;" Psalm 16. 10. The latter part of the passage evidences that he was looking forward to the resurrection of Christ, to open the way for his release, "Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption."