Isaiah 14:19

cast out = flung out: out, or far away.

grave = sepulchre. Heb keber. See App-35 .

abominable branch = a detested or despised scion.

that go down, &c. As those that go down . . . as, &c.

to. One school of Massorites reads "upon", another reads "up to".

stones. Cast upon those who were buried. No word has "evidently dropped out" of Isaiah 14:20 ; for Isaiah 14:19 does state that they were buried, but he was not.

pit = a rock-hewn burying place, as in Psalms 28:1 ; Psalms 30:3 ; Psalms 88:5 . Hebrew. bor. See note on Genesis 21:19 , showing the sense in which we are to understand Sheol in verses: Isaiah 11:15 . Compare English word "bore. "Hebrew. bor rendered cistern, four times; dungeon, thirteen; fountain, one; well, nine; pit, thirty-nine times.