They are dead: i.e. the "other lords" of Isaiah 26:13. Hebrew. methim. Not dead men, as such, for "all" men shall rise again (2 John 1:5; 2 John 1:5 :28, John 5:29; Acts 23:6; Acts 23:8; Acts 24:15; 1 Corinthians 15:22.Revelation 20:4-6; Revelation 20:13), but those referred to in Isaiah 26:13.
deceased. the Rephaim. This is. proper name, and should not be translated. Where it is translated it is always rendered "giants" or "dead" (Isaiah 26:19; Job 26:5.Psalms 88:10; Proverbs 2:18; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 14:9); why not so here? or transliterated, as it is in Isaiah 17:5.
they shall not rise. These Rephaim will not rise. They were the progeny of the fallen angels: these latter are kept "in prison" (1 Peter 3:19), in "chains" (2 Peter 2:4.Jude 1:6; Jude 1:6), "reserved" unto judgment: but their progeny will "not rise"(verses: Isaiah 26:14; Isaiah 26:19) or be judged, for they have been "visited", "destroyed", and:'perished". See App-23 and App-25.