Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 32:19

19 Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down , and be thou laid with the uncircumcised .

The Prophet begins with this question Dialogue-wise, Art thou better than others, that thou shouldest not die, and be laid in dust, as well as all others; speak Hophra, if thou hast any priviledge to plead, what hast thou to say, why thou shouldest not go down to the Pit, as a despised mortal?

The Prophet hearing no plea of Priviledge▪ adjudgeth him to the Grave, or lays him down with somewhat a sarcasm, go down like others.

Take up thy Lodging, thy long, dark, and dismal recess where thy dust and bones shall never be known by any Royal Figure.

Among prophane and loathed Carcasses, such the uncircumcised were in the opinion of the circumcised, and Herodotus in Euterpe saith, the Egyptians were circumcised. However in Scriptures, a Burial with the uncircumcised is a note of dishonour, and contempt; thus for the King and Princes.

The whole, from this verse, is a most Elegant personating of the Dead, as if sensible, and acquainted, and discoursing with, and rejoycing at the fall of proud Tyrants, who took not warning by their [illegible: 1 letter]all. Such a Prosspopaeia you have Isa. 14. In this Chapter, the Actors, are the Prophet, the King of Egypt, and his people, and their Auxiliaries.