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.

Lamentations 2:1-22 The Daughter of Zion is Covered in a Cloud of the Lord's Angel

 

The Daughter of Zion is Covered in a Cloud of the Lord's Angel

Lamentations 2:1-22             The Book of Lamentations [in Smaller Chunks]

How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger & cast the beauty of Israel down from heaven to the earth & [didn't] remember His footstool [on] the day of His anger! 

[Matthew 5:34-35 But I say to you, [Don't] swear at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.] 

The Lord has swallowed up all the [living places] of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel,] & hasn't pitied. He has thrown down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah, in His [anger.] 

He has brought them down to the ground & He has polluted the kingdom & [its] princes. [Psalm 89:39 You have [voided] the covenant [contract] of Your servant. You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.] 

In His fierce anger, He has cut off all the horn of Israel. He has [withdrawn] his right hand [in front of] the enemy. And He burned like a flaming fire, [that] devours [all around,] against Jacob.  He has bent His bow like an enemy. 

He stood with His right hand [like] an [enemy] & slew all, [who] were [nice looking,] in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion & He poured out His fury like fire. The Lord was [like] an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel & all her palaces. He has destroyed [its] strongholds & has increased mourning & [grieving] in the daughter of Judah. 

[Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands. And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.] 

[Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have [defiled] My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to [defile] it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.] 

And He has taken away His tabernacle violently, as if it were [from] a garden. He has destroyed His places [for] the assembly. The Lord has caused the [appointed] solemn feasts & Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion. In the indignation of His anger, has despised the king & the priest. 

[Jeremiah 7:8-12 [Look,] you trust in lying words that can't [benefit.] Will you: steal, murder, commit adultery, falsely swear & burn incense to Baal & [follow] after other gods, whom you [don't] know & come & stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name & say, We are [called] to do all these abominations? 

[Has] this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? [Watch,] even I have seen it, says the Lord. But you, go now, to My place, which was in Shiloh, where I first [put] My Name, & see what I did to it, [because] of all the wickedness of My people, Israel.]

The Lord has cast off His altar & He has [loathed] His sanctuary. He has [surrendered] the walls of the palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a [sound] in the [Lord's] house [like on] the day of a solemn feast. 

[Jeremiah 52:12-13 Now [during] the 10th day, in the 5th month, of the 19th year Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, [ruled,] Nebuzar Adan, the captain of the guard, [who] served [Babylon's] king, came into Jerusalem & burned with fire the: [Lord's] house, the king's house & all the houses of: Jerusalem & all the great men.]

The Lord has [planned] to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line & He hasn't withdrawn His hand from destroying. Therefore, He made the [barricade] & the wall to [mourn] & they [grow weak] together. 

[Amos 7:7-9 The Lord says, O Israel, aren't you [like] the children [people] of the Ethiopians to Me? Haven't I brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt? And [brought] the Philistines from Caphtor & the Syrians from Kir?

[Watch,] the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom & I will destroy it from off the [surface] of the earth; [except] that I won't [totally] destroy the house of Jacob, says the Lord. 

For, [look,] I will command & I will sift the house of Israel, among all nations, like [grain] is sifted in a [strainer & still] shall not let the least grain fall upon the earth.] 

Her gates [have] sunk into the ground. He has destroyed & broken her [gates'] bars & her king & princes are among the Gentiles. The Law no [longer] is [followed,] & her prophets also [don't] find [any] vision from the Lord. The daughter of [Zion's] elders sit upon the ground & keep [silent.] 

They have [thrown] dust upon their heads & they have [clothed] themselves in sackcloth. [Isaiah 22:12 And [on] that day, the Lord of Hosts [called] to: weeping, mourning, baldness & to [clothing] with sackcloth.] 

[Jerusalem's] virgins [bow] down their heads to the ground. [My] eyes fail, [because of] tears & my [stomach] is troubled & my liver is poured [out] upon the [ground, because of] the destruction of the daughter of my people, [since] the children & [those nursing faint] in the streets. 

When they [faint like] the wounded in the streets of the city, & their [life] was poured out into their mother's bosom, they say to their mothers, Where is [grain] & wine?  What thing shall I take to witness for you? O daughter of Jerusalem, what thing [is similar] to you?

What shall I [compare] to you, [so] that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your [broken condition] is [immense] like the sea. Who can heal you? And your prophets have [only] seen false [visions] & foolish, vain things for you. 

And they haven't [uncovered] your [sin] & [reasons for being banished] to turn away your captivity. All [who] pass by clap their hands at you. They hiss & [shake] their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call: The perfection of beauty & The joy of the whole earth? 

All your enemies have opened their [mouths] against you. They hiss & gnash [their] teeth. They say, We have [devoured] her. Certainly, this is the day that we looked for & we have found & seen it. 

[Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king, has devoured me. He has crushed me & made me an empty vessel. Like a dragon, he has swallowed me up & he has filled his [stomach] with my [delicacies] & he has [thrown] me out.]

The Lord has done [what] He had [planned.] He has fulfilled His Word that He commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down & hasn't pitied & He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you. He has [elevated] the horn of your [enemies.] 

Their [hearts] cried [out] to the Lord, O Wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day & night. [Don't] give Yourself [any] rest & [don't] let the apple of Your eye [to] cease, [a.k.a. come to an end.] 

[Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore, you shall say this Word to them, Let [My] eyes run down with tears day & night & let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of My people [are] broken with a [large crack,] & with a very grievous blow.]

At the beginning of [the guards'] watches, arise & cry out in the night: pour out your heart like water [is poured,] before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him, for the [lives] of the young children, [who] faint [due to] hunger [on] the top of every street. 

[Isaiah 51:19-20 These 2 things: desolation & destruction and famine & the sword, [have] come to you. Who shall be sorry for you? By whom shall I comfort you? Your sons have fainted & they lie [on] the [top] of all streets, [like] a wild bull in a net. They are full of the fury of the Lord & the [chastising] of your God.] 

[Look,] O Lord & consider to whom you have done this. Shall the women eat [the] fruit [of their womb] & children a [hand's width] long? Shall the priest & the prophet be [killed] in the [Lord's] sanctuary? [Lamentation 4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have [boiled] their own children. They were their [food during] the destruction of the daughter of my people.] 

The young & the old lie on the ground in the streets. My virgins & my young men [have] fallen by the sword. You have slain them [on] the day of Your anger. You have killed & not pitied. [Like on] a solemn day, You [have] called & my terrors have [surrounded around] me.

[Jeremiah 6:25 [Don't] go [forward] into the field, nor walk by the [road;] for the sword of the enemy & fear is on every side.] 

So, that [on] the day of the Lord's anger, none escaped, nor remained. Those [whom] I have swaddled & brought up, [My] enemy has [devoured.]