There are nine stars (the number of judgment) in this constellation. The bright star α (in the eye) is called Al Chibar (Arabic), joining together, from the Hebrew Chiba (Num. xxiii. 8), which means accursed. This star, then, tells of the curse inflicted. The star β (in the right wing) is called Al Goreb (Arabic), from Hebrew Oreb, the Raven. A third star is named Minchar al Gorab (Arabic), and means the Raven tearing to pieces.
This brings us to the end. There is nothing beyond this. Nothing remains to be told. We know from the Word of God that—
“The eye that mocketh at his father,
And despiseth to obey his mother,
The ravens of the valley shall pick it out.”
(Prov. xxx. 17.)
We remember how David said to the Giant Goliah—a type of this enemy of God's people—“I will smite thee, and take thy head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth” (1 Sam. xvii. 46).
When the great day of this judgment comes, an angel standing in the sun will cry “to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come, and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great” (Rev. xix. 17, 18).
And after these awful words shall be fulfilled, in the closing words of the prophecy of Isaiah, Jehovah foretells us how—
“They shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against Me;