Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
Revelation 2:26And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Job 24:19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Psalm 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol--all the nations who forget God.
Proverbs 21:16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever--yes, forever and ever.'
Malachi 4:3Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing," says the LORD of Hosts.
Treasury of Scripture
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Like
Psalm 44:11
Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Jeremiah 12:3
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Romans 8:36
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
they
Job 17:13,14
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness…
Job 21:13,26
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave…
Job 30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
death
Job 24:19,20
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned…
upright
Psalm 47:3
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
Daniel 7:22
Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Malachi 4:3
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.
morning
Psalm 30:5
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
their
Psalm 39:11
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Job 4:21
Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
