he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
-Now hold on!
wait a sec.
before you start chanting "Jesus is a baby killer"
lets look at verse 8
New International Version (©1984)
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us-
So hold up,you may say is this actually talking about babylon?
Answer-Yes,
God is not telling Israel to smash the heads of their infants against rocks. Israel was taken captive with their children by the Babylonians in several different invasions.
God is pronouncing judgment upon Babylon for its great sin in showing no mercy when it destroyed Jerusalem and led the Jews captive. God is stating that Babylon will be dealt in the same manner that she treated Israel (according to prophecy). The day is coming when an enemy (will rejoice in its triumph over Babylon, and will be happy in the Slaughter). It was the Medes and Persians that conquered Babylon. She was completely overtaken and ruined by these empires. And just as she rejoiced in destroying Jerusalem and Israel, God says her conquerors will rejoice in destroying her, including her innocent infants.
God is not commanding such barbaric behavior but stating what the future will be for Babylon.. This was a fulfillment of Isaiah 13:15-16: Everyone who is found will be thrust through, and everyone who is captured will fall by the sword. Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.”
Please comment on this let me know what you think.
No comments:
Post a Comment