“They do not lie
With the fallen warriors
Of long ago,
Who went down
To Sheol
With their weapons
Of war.
Their swords
Were laid
Under their heads.
Their shields
Are upon their bones.
The terror
Of the warriors
Was in the land
Of the living.
So,
You shall be broken.
You shall lie
Among the uncircumcised.
You shall lie
With those
Who were killed
By the sword.”
Although the fallen warriors of long ago also went down to Sheol, they, however, brought their weapons of war with them. Their swords were laid under their heads. Their shields were placed on their bones. Despite this honor in the shadowy underworld afterlife of Sheol, these good warriors had also brought terror in the land of the living. As for the Egyptians and their allies, they would be broken. They would lie in the bad section with the uncircumcised and those who were killed by the sword.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 