How does this lind help create the tone ?

"The devil is waiting for them,hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash about them, and would fain lay hold on them, and swallow them up"

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Well, how do YOU interpret the tone of these lines? All sunshine and lollipops? Very scary? A dire warning? A promise of paradise to come? What do YOU think?
I think the tone is threatening because the author uses words such as "devil is waiting" and "hell". I dont know if theres more