They shall lie down alike in the dust
Such as have lived and died in great outward prosperity, or in
more unhappy circumstances; these are levelled by death, and
brought into the same state and condition; are laid on dusty
beds, where there is no difference between them, their rest
together is in the dust; here they dwell, and here they lie and
sleep until they are awaked in the morning of the resurrection:
and the worms shall cover them;
these are the companions alike unto them, and sweetly feed on the
one as on the other; the earth is their bed, and worms are their
covering; even such who used to lie on beds of down, and were
covered with coverings of silk, have now the same bed and
covering as those who used to lie on beds of straw, and scarce
any thing to cover them; worms are spread under them, and are
spread upon them; they are both their bed and their covering, (
Isaiah
14:11 ) .