Quiet, discussing scripture itself is not supposed to be viewed as if it is doomed to "go nowhere." I'm willing to if you are.
For instance, in Post #53 Mark shared a few passages from Zechariah. Neither of them were passages I was thinking of bringing up but both are valid. What would be your defense in saying the following passage is NOT about literal Israel?
8) In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. 9) And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10) And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.