Verse 21
21. The strong among the mighty The strong mighty ones ( Davidson). The residents of Sheol greet these incoming nations who in life considered themselves infinitely their superiors with belittling comments. They have not entered Sheol with dignity, after the sacred rites of a religious burial, but have been hurried thither from the battlefield where their bones may yet be left uncovered. (Compare Ezekiel 31:18.) The entire passage compels a sharp distinction between those who were buried in state with their weapons about them (Ezekiel 32:27), and those who, like the uncircumcised barbarians, lay buried where they fell, without the funeral rites which prepared them for a favorable entrance into Sheol. (See Appendix.)
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