But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
Ver. 19. But thou art cast out of thy grave,] i.e., Cast out and kept from thy grave. a This befell Belshazzar upon the surprisal of the city. Dan 5:30 And the like also befell Alexander the Great dying at the same city; and our William the Conqueror, who having utterly sacked the city of Mants in France, and in the destruction thereof got his own, died shortly after at Rouen, where his corpse lay three days unburied - his interment being hindered by one that claimed the ground to be his. b
Like an abominable branch.] The matter is here set forth by three notable similitudes, such as this prophet is full of.
a Insepulta sepultura turpissime abiectus es. - Scult.
b Daniel's History, 42, 50.