Does the Catholic Church still stand behind Isaiah 14:21?
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The Catholic Church does stand behind the verse, but insists that it be read in context, and in the context of the literary genre of the passage. As such it applies only to the children of the King of Babylon at the time the passage was written, and was long ago made moot, no longer applying to living persons.
Further it does not command anyone to commit genocide, as genocide is defined as killing an entire nation of people, and the verse in question involves killing the offspring of a particular person.
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A couple of comments.
The fact that God announces this slaughter and doesn't just actually slaughter, is a call for repentance for those with 'ears to hear just as the Jonah announcement of destruction to Nineveh. IF God wants to wipe out, He would just wipe out
Second, this is through Isaiah so he is saying God has this punishment ready , it is 'prepared' -- again, not a hidden genocidal urge that is unavoidable
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Isaiah 14:21 is not a commandment.
It seems like the principle actor in each portion of this passage is God, not man, and this is certainly in God's purview.
v 5
"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,"v 12
“How you have fallen from heaven,"v 15 "Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,"
The verses following 14:21 are a good example:
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the LORD. “I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts.
God is decreeing destruction for Babylon. He is implicitly the actor in the executing of his judgment. There is no commandment for Israel (or us) in this passage.
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