Isaiah 14:19
19 But thou art cast out [shalak] of thy grave [qeber] like
an abominable [ta`ab] branch [netser], and as the raiment [labuwsh] of those that are slain [harag], thrust
through [ta`an] with a sword [chereb], that go down [yarad] to
the stones ['eben] of the pit [bowr]; as a carcase [peger]
trodden under feet [buwc]. KJV-Interlinear
19 "But you have been cast
out of your tomb Like a rejected branch, Clothed with the slain who are pierced
with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a trampled corpse. NASB
The worthlessness of
the king to be, who is Satan, is described here.
The abominable branch,
refers to a sucker branch, a shoot which grows typically out of the base of a
tree, and is useless, stealing the nourishment from the tree, and therefore is
typically cut off and thrown away.
And that is what Satan
is. He made himself a useless branch, trying to steal from the tree, which is
representative of Christ, the legitimate shoot who was raised up in history in
accordance with God’s plan.
Satan had his own plan,
and it was not a plan that originated on its own, that became his plan as he
stole out of God’s plan.
And while kings throughout
the ages, and even the dead of evil armies, were given some semblance of honor,
in that they were buried and thus spared after death from the typical
humiliation that occurs with dead bodies, then Satan on the other hand was not
and will not be given that honor.
Burial of the dead is
typically the last and final honor observed for the dead.
But Satan, in his
rebellion, died to God and truth and all that is good, and he is maintained
that rebellious attitude throughout the ages.
He did not even have the decency to go off on his own and build up his
own original plan, and own universe while leaving the rest of us alone. He instead stole, or is trying to steal, from
Gods plan and destroy us all in the process in order to promote his own
selfishness.
The raiment, or the
clothing of the dead, is typically soiled and ruined with blood and mud and
filth, and so the clothing is not worth keeping, is worthless, and it is thrown
away.
And Satan is described
as that clothing. He is soiled and ruined and worthless, and not even worthy of
a decent burial.
The phrase, thrust
through with the sword, is a description of violent death.
The phrase, stones of
the pit, describes the commonness of graves that belong to people who are
unknown, not kings, not celebrities, not even people of honor or integrity.
In the summary attitude
toward Satan, is that he is so worthless, that even the common unmarked graves,
reject him.
When all of history
finally ends, there will be no memorial, no memory, no mention in any way, of
Satan who was once Lucifer, the brightest morning star, but through arrogance
came evil, and from evil came the most worthless of worthless.
And when you subscribe
to worthless, then you are just that.
