About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

Isaiah 23:1-18 The Vision About Tyre

 

The Vision About Tyre

Isaiah 23:1-18                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The burden, [a.k.a. vision] of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish. For it is laid [to] waste & so that there is no [harbor to enter into.] It is revealed to them, from the land of Chittim. [Ezekiel 28:5-8 By your great wisdom & your [traffic,] you have increased your riches & your heart is lifted up, because of your riches. 

Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you have set your heart [like] the heart of God; Therefore, [watch,] I will bring strangers upon you, the [ruthless] of the nations & they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom & they shall defile your [intelligence.]

They shall bring you down to the pit & you shall die, the deaths of [those who] are [killed] in the midst of the seas.]

You inhabitants of the [coastal islands,] be still. You, whom have [been refilled by] the merchants of Zidon, [a.k.a. Sidon,] that pass over the sea. And by the [grain] of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her [source of income] & she is a [market] of nations, by [the large] waters. 

O Zidon, be ashamed, for the sea has spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I [don't labor,] nor do [I deliver] children, neither do I [raise] up young men, nor bring up virgins. [Like] the report [about] Egypt, so shall they be [very distressed] at the report of Tyre. 

[Cross] over to Tarshish & howl, you [residents of the coastal islands.] Is this, your joyous city, whose  antiquity is [from] ancient [times?] Her own feet shall carry her off to [stay.] 

[Isaiah 32:13-14 Upon the land of My people, thorns & briers shall come up. [Yes,] upon the house of joy in the joyous city,] because the palaces shall be [abandoned.] The multitude of the city shall be left. The forts & towers shall be for dens forever, a joy of wild [donkeys] & a pasture of flocks.]

Who has [gotten advice] against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes & whose [traders] are the honorable of the earth? The Lord of Hosts has [intended] it, to [blemish] the pride of all [its] glory & to bring all the honorable of the earth into [disgrace.]

[Cross] through your land, [like] a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. He stretched out His hand over the sea & He shook the kingdoms. The Lord has given a [command] against the merchant city, to destroy [its] strongholds.

[Zechariah 9:2-4 And Hamath also shall border [by] Tyrus & Zidon, though it [is] very wise. And Tyrus [built] herself a stronghold & heaped up silver [like] the dust & fine gold [like] the [mud] of the streets. [Watch,] the Lord will cast her out & He will [strike down] her power in the sea & she shall be devoured with fire.]

And He said, You shall no [longer] rejoice, O you oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon. Arise & [cross] over to Chittim. You shall also have no rest there. [See,] the land of the Chaldeans, [a.k.a. Babylonians,] this [wasn't] a people, [until] the Assyrian [established] it for [those who] dwell in the wilderness. 

They [put] up [its] towers & raised up [its] palaces & He brought it to ruin. Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your strength is laid [to] waste. And it shall [happen on] that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten [for] 70 years, according to the [life] of one king. After the end of 70 years, Tyre shall sing like an [unfaithful] harlot. 

Take a harp & go [around] the city, you harlot that has been forgotten. Make sweet melody & sing many songs, [so] that you may be remembered. And it shall [happen] after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre & she shall [return] to her hire & she shall commit [adultery] with all the kingdoms on the [surface] of the earth.

[Revelation 9:20-21 And the rest of the men, [who didn't repent] of the works of their hands, that they shouldn't worship [demons] & idols of gold; silver; brass; stone & of wood, [that] can neither see, nor hear, nor walk. Neither [did] they [repent] of their murders; sorceries, [adultery,] nor their thefts.]

And her merchandise & her [wages] shall be [dedicated & holy] to the Lord, it shall not be treasured, nor [stored] up; for her merchandise shall be for [those who] dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently & for durable clothing. 

[Matthew 15:21-24 Then Jesus went [from there] & departed into the coasts of Tyre & Sidon. And [saw] a woman of Canaan, came out of the same coasts & cried [out] to Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, You son of David. 

My daughter is grievously [troubled] by a [demon.] But He [didn't] answer her a word. And His disciples came & [urged] Him, saying, Send her away; for she cries [out] after us. But He answered & said, I am not sent, [only] to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.]