| Ezekiel 32:27
| And they shall not sleep with the brave, and with them that fell uncircumcised, that went down to hell with their weapons, and laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities were in their bones: because they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
| Not. Some copies of Septuagint omit the negation. Others render the Hebrew, "Have they not slept?" etc. 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 liked the most. (Serv. in Virgil's Aeneid X. Arma quibus laetatus habe tua, etc. Simon (1 Machabees 13:29.) placed arms and representations of ships on the pillars at Modin, in honour of his kindred. If Elam, etc., 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)
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