Hide them in the dust together; [and] bind their faces in secret.
Ver. 13. Hide them in the dust together] Make a hand of them all at once, as God can do his enemies, by raking them all into the grave; yea, turning into hell whole nations that forget God, a whole rabble of rebels that fight against heaven; he can soon lay them low enough, even in that slimy valley, where are many already like them, and more shall come after them, Job 21:31,32. Now when God biddeth Job do all this, who was himself lying in the dust, full of sores and sorrows, how could he but be greatly ashamed and affected with grief for his former follies?
And bind their faces in secret] As Haman's face was covered when the king had sentenced him, Esther 7:8; See Trapp on " Est 7:8 " Or rather, as dead men's faces use to be bound up and covered; for we like not to look on death's face. Abraham was desirous to bury his dead out of his sight, Genesis 23:4, though she had once been the desire of his eyes, Ezekiel 24:16. Lazarus came out of his grave with his face bound about with a napkin, John 11:44. See the like done to our Saviour, John 20:6,7, though there was as little need to have done it as was of those sweet spices brought by the good women to anoint his body, which could not see corruption, Mark 16:1 .