It is doubtful whether this verse continues the address of the shades. It certainly does not extend further.

For the graveread Sheol. the noise of thy viols possibly indicating that the king had been cut down suddenly at a riotous feast (see Isaiah 21:5; Daniel 5).

the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee (The Heb. uses two distinct words for "worm.") His lot is far worse than that of other potentates. No kingly throne is reserved for him in Sheol, but as one who has been denied honourable burial on earth (Isaiah 14:19) he is laid in the "recesses of the pit" (Isaiah 14:15) and makes his bed in corruption.

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