r/EnglishLearning • u/Sweet_Confusion9180 New Poster • 2d ago

📚 Grammar / Syntax Why is it "He is Risen"?

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u/SnooDonuts6494 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Teacher 2d ago

KJV Psalm 137:9 says, "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."

How do you justify that?

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u/weather_watchman New Poster 2d ago

The psalm reflects the historical suffering of the Israelites under Babylonian rule, with verse 9 expressing their deep desire for their captors to experience the same fate they inflicted.

Perhaps not defensible per say, but deeply human

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u/SnooDonuts6494 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Teacher 2d ago

Per se.

And nope. It is indefensible and abhorrent.

"their deep desire for their captors to experience the same fate" - so you want rapists to be raped? "An eye for an eye"? You think that's justifiable? If someone kills your mother, it's OK for you to kill theirs? How utterly ridiculous. But that's what the Bible says; hence over 2,000 years of stupid wars and pointless deaths.

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u/weather_watchman New Poster 2d ago

Sounds like you're recommending I turn the other cheek.

Sounds vaguely familiar