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Isaiah brings back the war mongering god we all know and love!!!
God's scorched earth policy is in full effect. Men are run thru, children are dashed before the eyes of their parents and the women will be raped.
The name Lucifer gets a quick mention in 14:3, but it doesn't seem to apply to the devil.
We are also once more reminded that God will punish the children for the deeds of the father.
We learn about a rare animal, the Cockatrice! I'll have to go to the museum of natural history to see one because I think they're extinct now, I mean, the Bible doesn't have any fallacy in it.
I wonder why the new translations of the Bible changed it to viper or asp?
Money line:
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Bottom line, Babylon and Moab are f@&ked.
Who's gonna be next?
EDIT: Speaking of Babylon, I just found this in my Facebook feed. It also has a piece on the Catholic Church! God is indeed guiding me!
"Isaiah brings back the war mongering god we all know and love!!"
ReplyDeleteAin't it the truth!
I had thought that the 'punishing children for the sins of the father' was out of vogue by this point, but I guess not.
@David,
ReplyDeleteRemember that Isaiah is recounting past events. But punishing children for the sins of their fathers is a timeless practice.
Now that's an interesting translation of the Hebrew in 14:29 regarding the "Cockatrice"
ReplyDeletefor out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. - KJV
In the Hebrew serpent is nachash, used commonly of a snake. The word for cockatrice is tsepha, whose etymology or word origin is uncertain, but seems to be a synonym of nachash. It is called a hapax legomena, which means this is the only place in the Old Testament where this word is found. The Greek translators of the OT, the Septuagint has it as aspidon, which we translate as asp. The fiery flying serpent are the Hebrew words saraph uph. Saraph is the root of Seraphim, which is sometimes used of "fiery angels."
Obviously in the context, it is a figure of speech to describe a nation like Assyria that will come and wipe out the Philistines.
I initially thought that cockatrice might have been the Hebrew word tanniyn, which is translated dragon. Now that's a fun word study!
@Bruce,
ReplyDeleteRemember 13:9-13 you will hear this warning again and...
It's interesting that you picked up on cockatrice, yet missed satyrs. I even read your post over again to make sure i didn't miss you mentioning it. ;-)
The name Lucifer gets a quick mention in 14:3, but it doesn't seem to apply to the devil.
No it is referring to Satan. Luke 10:18 Seeing that Satan can enter into a human. Luke 22:3
We are also once more reminded that God will punish the children for the deeds of the father.
I just have to say keep going Bruce, If you tell a lie long enough, loud enough and often enough, the people will believe it. It sure does look like you do. :-)
I mean, the Bible doesn't have any fallacy in it.
Yes it does Genesis 3:4, What that serpent said was wrong! ;-) So is it, if we cannot identify what is being spoken of, then it's a myth or fallacy? It's like me telling someone something complex and since they don't know what i'm talking about, they say i'm wrong.
The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. --Mccosh
I wonder why the new translations of the Bible changed it to viper or asp?
Because most of them are a steaming pile of ... dunghill, yes dunghill is what i should say. :-)
Who's gonna be next?
Just wait before it's all over the whole place get's melted away.
Wow Ed, the Bible itself quotes God as saying he will punish the children for the deeds of the father, and you're going to say it's a lie even as you say the Bible is inerrant. Those are some impressive mental gymnastics.
ReplyDelete@ Confused &Edward,
ReplyDeleteI was unsure on on what to make of your comment Edward but Confused cleared things up for me. How's that for a sentence!
The Bible has several passages that clearly state that god will punish the offspring of the offender. many times it says to the third and fourth generations.
There are passages that say only the guilty shall be punished and that the children should not suffer for the deeds of the father, but these are contradictions so we can ignore them. ;-)