Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
(Isaiah 2:10.) Abase and remove them out of the sight of men.
Bind ... faces - i:e., shut up their persons (Maurer). But it refers rather to the custom of binding a cloth over the faces of persons about to be executed (Job 9:24; Esther 7:8).
In secret - consign them to darkness. Umbreit translates, 'Veil their face in concealment' or 'darkness.