And yet that's not the way Buz is interpreting this prophesy. Biblical literalism insists that the Bible is literally true, every word. That means that when a passage says "x is going to happen," it means "x is going to happen," not "x will happen unless you change your ways."
I'm not defending Buz or Biblical literalism. What I quoted from you is about the Bible being "infallible". Lets not confuse literal with infallible. The Bible can be accurate and inerrant without being completely literal, but in parts metaphor, allegory. It is true in its intent. God could very well have done what He intended, but He is a merciful God. He is not going to continue to yell "Die sucker!" while someone is lamenting.
I imagine the author of the passage was simply expressing his own personal anger by saying "my god is going to kick your ass for this!"
But that does not match up with the demeaner of a lamentation.
For that to be the case, the literalist position has to be that any unfulfilled prophesies in the Bible will still be fulfilled at some point in the future.
I do believe that all prophecy is fulfilled in Christ, who died for our sins. He died so Tyre, Babylon, Egypt, etc. doesn't have to.
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