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.