They will not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war and have laid their swords under their heads. Their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 27. Not. Some copies of Septuagint omit the negation. Others render the Hebrew “Have they not slept?” and so forth These nations were deprived of military honours, dying like cowards; and therefore their swords were not placed with them in the grave. Calmet.—It was customary to inter such things as the deceased had like the most. Serv. in Æn. x. Arma quibus lætatus habe tus, and so forth Simon (1 Maccabees 13:29) placed arms and representations of ships on the pillars at Modin, in honour of his kindred. If Elam, and so forth had not received such distinction, why should the Egyptian repine? Were they any better? Calmet.—The country and king of the Elamites, Assyrians, and other infidels, shall be destroyed. Worthington.