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.

Jeremiah 52:1-34 Babylon Pitches Tents & Builds Forts Around Jerusalem

 

Babylon Pitches Tents & Builds Forts Around Jerusalem

Jeremiah 52:1-34                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, [a.k.a Hamital,] the daughter of Jeremiah [from] Libnah. And [Zedekiah] did [what] was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

For it [happened] in Jerusalem & Judah, [until] through the [Lord's] anger, He had cast them out from His presence, [because] Zedekiah rebelled against [Babylon's] king.

[2 Chronicles 36:13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made [Zedekiah] swear [an oath] by God; but [Zedekiah stubbornly] stiffened his neck & hardened his heart from [returning] to the Lord God of Israel.]

And it [happened during] 10th day, in the 10th month, in the 9th year [he ruled,] that Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, came [with] all his army against Jerusalem & pitched [tents] against it & built forts [all around it.] So, the city was [under attack until] the 11th year, king Zedekiah [ruled.] 

And [on] the 9th day, in the 4th month, the famine was [severe] in the city, so that there was no [food] for the people of the land. Then, the city [wall] was broken [through] & all the men of war fled & went out of the city [at] night, by the [pathway] of the gate between the 2 walls, [that] were by the King's Garden. 

(Now, the Chaldeans were by the city, [surrounding it.]) And they went by the [road] of the plain. But the [Chaldeah's'] army pursued after the king & overtook Zedekiah in the Plains of Jericho. And all [Zedekiah's] army scattered from him. 

Then, they took the king & carried him up to [Babylon's] king [in] Riblah, in the land of Hamath, where [Nebuchadnezzar passed] judgment upon [Zedekiah.] And [Babylon's] king, [killed Zedekiah's] sons, [in front of] his eyes. Also, he [killed] all [Judah's] princes in Riblah. 

Then, he put out the eyes of Zedekiah & the king of Babylon bound [Zedekiah] in chains & carried him to Babylon & put him in prison [until] the day of his death. 

Now, [during] the 10th day, in the 5th month, of the 19th year [Nebuchadnezzar ruled as Babylon's] king, Nebuzar Adan, captain of the guard, [who] served [Babylon's] king, came into Jerusalem & burned the [Lord's] house & the king's house & all the houses of: Jerusalem & all the great men, with fire.

And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, [broke] down all the walls [around] Jerusalem. Then, Neuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, carried away [some] of the poor people captive & the [rest] of the people, [who] remained in the city & those [who deserted & defected] to the king of Babylon, [along with] the rest of the multitude.

But Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, left [some] of the poor of the land [to oversee vineyards] & for [farmers.] Also, the Chaldeans [broke] & carried [away] all the brass [from] them to Babylon [of:] the brass pillars, [a.k.a. columns,] that were in the [Lord's] house; & the bases, [a.k.a. carts;] & brass sea that [were] in the [Lord's] house. 

Also they took away: the caldrons; shovels; [candle] snuffers; bowls; spoons; & all the brass vessels [used when] they ministered. And the captain of the guard took away: the [basins;] the firepans; bowls, caldrons; candlesticks, [a.k.a. lampstands;] spoons; & the cups, that [were] of [solid] gold & that [were] of [solid] silver. 

[And brass from:] the 2 pillars, 1 sea, 12 brass bulls that were [the bases] under [the brass sea,] which king Solomon had made in the [Lord's] house. The brass from all these vessels was [too much to weigh.] 

And [about] the pillars, the height of 1 pillar was 18 cubits & a fillet, [a.k.a. thin strips of brass,] of 12 cubits [surrounded each pillar] & [the pillar's] thickness was 4 fingers & it was hollow. 

And the chapiter, [a.k.a. a capital,] all of brass was upon it & the height of one [capital] was 5 cubits, with [woven] network & pomegranates upon the [capital] all of brass [around it.] The 2nd pillar was & the pomegranates were [also similar] to these. 

And there were 96 pomegranates on [each] side. And all the [visible] pomegranates [in each row] upon the [woven] network were [rounded to] 100 [around it.] And the captain of the guard took Seraiah, the chief priest, & Zephaniah, the 2nd priest, & the 3 door keepers.

[Nebuzar Adan] also took out of the city: an eunuch, [who was in] charge of the men of war & 7 [of the] men, [who were close to] the king, [who] were found in the city & the [main] scribe of the [army,] who mustered the people of the land & 60 men [from] the people of the land, [who] were found in the midst of the city. 

So, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, took them & brought them to [Babylon's] king [at] Riblah. And [Babylon's] king [struck] them & put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. 

[Like this,] Judah was carried away captive out of [its] own land. [This is the number of] the people, whom [Nebuchadnezzar] carried away captive in the 7th year: 3,023 Jews. In [Nebuchadnezzar's] 18th year, he carried away 832 [people] captive from Jerusalem. In [Nebuchadnezzar's] 23rd year, Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, carried 745 away captive of the Jews. All the [people] were 4,600. 

And it [happened during] the 37th year of captivity of Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king, [during] the 25th day, in the 12th month, that Evil Merodach, [Babylon's] king, [during] the 1st year [he ruled, elevated] the head of Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king. 

And [Evil Merodach] brought him out of the prison & [spoke] kindly to him & [put] his throne above the throne of the kings, [who] were with him, in Babylon & changed [Jeoiachin's] prison garments. 

And [Jehoiachin] continually [ate] bread [in front of the king] all the days of his life. And there was a continual diet given to him [from Babylon's] king, every day a portion, all the days of his life, until the day of his death.