posted on Feb, 17 2022 @ 02:37 AM
I tend to agree with you, as it is a rationally consistent interpretation and hangs quite well into other verses, but that wording is not exactly what
is used in the scripture there.
I tend to be wary of possibly 'adding to' or 'taking away'.
I also believe that the figurative 'this stands for that' language that people assume for prophecy is not valid. In most examples of prophecies that
have come to pass, the explicit wording used carries more than metaphoric reinterpretation.
For instance prophecies that the last of the Jewish royalty, King Zedekiah, was given, that said he would be taken to Babylon and die there, but would
never see it, were exact.
Zedekiah took it to mean that the prophecies countered each other, however, what actually transpired was that Zedekiah was taken captive and blinded
by the Babylonians (after watching his sons being executed), and then he was taken to Babylon, blind, and was executed there. This is a clear example
of how we must take such prophecy very literally if it is to do us any good