It's for sure interpretable that way. That is the problem with all of this ancient scripture - we do not have enough context to really know what they meant.

I was discussing this - of all places - under a Jućika comic a few weeks back. We don't even have enough common era knowledge to 100% make sure to understand comic strips from Hungary in the 60's after the Tankies arrived, how could we ever interpret something thousands of years old with a high degree of confidence?