Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Parallel translations
- WEB You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will not be named forever.
- BSB You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
- NKJV You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named.
- NASB “You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have killed your people. May the descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.
- NLT You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. The descendants of such an evil person will never again receive honor.
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Quick answer
He will not be buried with honor because he ruined his land and slaughtered his people, and his evil descendants will be forgotten. His dynasty is cut off entirely.
Overview
The tyrant's violence against his own people forfeits him an honored grave, and his wicked line is doomed to oblivion. Scripture often shows that the name of the wicked perishes while the righteous are remembered. This judgment on an evil dynasty contrasts with the everlasting throne promised to David's greater Son.
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- Job 18:19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- Ps 21:10Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
- Ps 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Ps 37:28For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Ps 137:8–9O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
- Isa 13:15–19Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
- Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- Isa 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
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