Hmmmm, I guess I forgot about this passage, but someone just reminded me of it. What do you think this could mean?
"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
Is it good, since it's happening to the whore of Babylon's children?
2006-12-01 12:07:13 · 4 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Also, who do you think is the whore of Babylon?
2006-12-01 12:09:52 · update #1
That is indeed one of the most difficult passages to understand...and gives many people troubles....
First, this verse is predictive and not prescriptive. That is, God is foretelling the future; He is not giving instructions on what He wants others to do. This is very important. Babylon had been exceedingly cruel to Israel as well as to other nations. In judgment, they would receive the cruelity they had given. However, the Israelites to whom this psalm is written were not the ones who would apply the judgment. That was left to the Medes and the Persians. God was not instructing them what to do; He was telling them what would happen.
Second, the man (presumably a soldier) who does this thing shall be happy. However, there is nothing to indicate that God encourages this particular action. Rather, He is predicting that those who are part of this slaughter will rejoice, will be happy in their actions, will be rewarded for their cruelty, etc. They will probably even go about bragging about their actions. Looking back historically, we know that Babylon's destruction came after a long seige which resulted in cruel actions by the victorious soldiers. This is often the case in such a battle. The soldiers go mad when they finally achieve the victory and do many cruel and terrible acts.
This passage points out that the type of cruelty given out by the Babylonians will be received by them from their enemies. Their sins will return upon them, and the men who do it will rejoice in their cruelty.
2006-12-01 12:11:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is speaking of the destruction of Babylon.
Jeremiah 51:6
"Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the LORD's vengeance; he will pay her what she deserves.
2006-12-01 20:11:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily good. Never good to kill any little ones.
The Psalmist probably is just stating a fact, that people who do such things ARE "happy". NOT saying whether they should or should not be.
2006-12-01 20:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not good. she is a babylonian leader, no more, no less, and do her children not deserve everything that we wish for our own, or are we truly hypocrites
2006-12-01 20:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by free thinker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋