Ecclesiastes 6:3

Ecc. 6:3. "So that the days of his years be many and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial. I say that an untimely birth is better than he." Have no burial, i. e. is one that God takes no care of in his death, does him no honor, takes no care of either soul or body, as having any value for, or care of, either, or any respect for their memory. For it is the wicked that the wise man is here speaking of, the same that is spoken of Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ecclesiastes 8:13, which is a place very parallel with this. And it will be further evident by comparing this and the following verse with chap. Ecclesiastes 5:13-17. Burial is the respect which friends show to the memory and remains of those that are dead. God will show no regard to anything that remains of wicked men after death. God treats their souls when they die, and will treat their bodies at the resurrection, with contempt, as men treat the dead bodies of those creatures they have no honor or regard for, and are abominable to them, as are the carcasses of unclean beasts. Jeremiah 22:19. "He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem." And Isaiah 14:19; Isaiah 14:20. "But thou art cast out of thy grace like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet. Thou shalt be joined unto them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land." God takes care of the righteous when they die, he finds a repository of rest for their souls, and their dust is precious to him. As God buried Moses in the mount, they are gathered to their fathers and received into Abraham's bosom, but God treats the souls of the wicked when they die as men treat the dead, putrid carcass of an ass or a dog: they are cast forth out of the city of God's Jerusalem, and shall be forever shut out thence.