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 4:1-22 Zion's Sons Are Comparable to Fine Gold & Are Considered Like Clay Pitchers

 

Zion's Sons Are Comparable to Fine Gold & Are Considered Like Clay Pitchers

Lamentations 4:1-22             The Book of Lamentations [in Smaller Chunks]

How the gold [has] become dim! How the most fine gold [has] changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out [on] the top of every street. [Lamentations 2:19 Arise & cry out in the night, [at] the beginning of the watches & pour out your heart like water, before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him, for the life of your young children, [who] faint, [due to] hunger, [on] the top of every street.]

How the precious sons of Zion, [similar] to fine gold, are [treated like clay] pitchers, the work of the potter's hands. [2 Kings 17:16-18 And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God & made [themselves molded] images, even 2 calves & made a grove & worshiped all the host of heaven, [a.k.a. stars & constellations,] & served Baal. 

And they caused their sons & daughters to pass through the fire & used divination & enchantments & sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore, the Lord was very angry with Israel & removed them out of His sight. There [were] none left, but only the tribe of Judah.] 

Even the sea monsters, [pull] out their breast, [to nurse] their young ones. The [daughters] of my people [have] become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. The tongue of the [nursing] child [clings] to the roof of his mouth for thirst. 

The young children ask for bread & no man breaks it to them. [Acts 27:35 And when [Paul] had spoken [this,] he took bread & gave thanks to God in the presence of all [of] them. And when he had broken it, he began to eat.] 

[Those who ate delicacies,] are [alone] in the streets. [Those who] were brought up [wearing] scarlet, [now] [hold on to a hill of manure.] For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown, in a moment & no [one remained] in her. 

Her Nazarites were purer than snow & they were whiter than milk. [Their bodies] were more [reddish] than rubies & their [shine] was [like] sapphires. [Now,] their appearance is blacker than a coal. They aren't known in the streets & their skin [clings] to their bones. It is withered & it [has] become like a stick. 

[Those who are] slain [by] the sword, are better [off] than [those who are] slain [by] hunger. For [these afflicted, yearn because of the lack] of the fruits of the field. The hands of the pitiful women have [boiled] their own children. They were their meat, [during] the destruction of the daughter of my people. 

The Lord has accomplished His fury. He has poured out His fierce anger & has [started] a fire in Zion & it has devoured [its] foundations. [Jeremiah 21:9-10 He, [who remains] in this city shall die by the: sword, famine & pestilence: but he, [who] goes out, & falls to, [a.k.a. goes under the control of] the Chaldeans, [who attack] you, shall live & his life shall be to him, [as a prize.] 

For I have set My face against this city for [calamity] & not for good, says the Lord. It shall be given into the hand of [Babylon's] king, & he shall burn it with fire.]

The kings of the earth & all the inhabitants of the world, wouldn't have believed that the adversary & the enemy [could] have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. [But it's] for the sins of her prophets & the iniquities of her priests, who] have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her. 

[Jeremiah 23:11-14 For both [prophets & priests] are [ungodly. Yes,] I have found their wickedness in My house, says the Lord. [For this reason,] their [road] shall be to them [like slippery roads] in darkness. 

They shall be driven on & fall [on them.] For I will even bring upon them, the year of their visitation, [a.k.a. punishment,] says the Lord. And I have seen [foolishness] in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied [about] Baal & caused My people [to go astray.]

I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem. They commit adultery & [follow what are] lies. They also strengthen the hands [of those who do evil, so] that none return from his wickedness. They are all of them to Me [like] Sodom & the [residents] of Gomorrah.]

They have wandered [like] blind men in the streets & they have polluted themselves with [bloodshed,] so that men couldn't touch their garments. [Psalm 106:35-38 But [they] were [mixed] among the heathen & learned their works. And they served their idols, which were a snare to them. 

[Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons] & shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan & the land was polluted with blood.] 

They cried [out] to [the bloodstained priests,] You [leave.] It is unclean, [leave.] Depart & [don't] touch. When they fled away & wandered, the heathen said, They shall no [longer stay] there. The anger of the Lord has [scattered] them. 

He will no [longer] regard them. The [didn't] respect the priest & [didn't] favor the elders. Our eyes [still fail,] [looking] for help [in] vain. In our watching, we have watched for a nation that couldn't save us. [Jeremiah 42:15-16 Therefore, you, [remaining] of Judah, now hear the Word of the Lord. 

The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this;] If you [totally focus] your faces [on entering] Egypt, to go & [stay] there, Then it shall [happen,] that the sword, [that] you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt & the famine, [of which] you were afraid, shall follow close [behind] you & you shall die there in Egypt.]

They hunt our [footprints,] so that we can't go [into] our streets. Our end is near & our days are fulfilled, [because] our end [has] come. [2 Kings 25:4-5 And the city was broken up & all the men of war fled [at] night [on] the [path by] the gate between 2 walls, which [are] by the king's garden. 

(Now, the Chaldees, [a.k.a. Chaldeans,] were against the city [all around.]) And the king went [on] the [road] toward the plain. So, they [captured] king [Zedekiah] & brought him to [Babylon's] king [at] Riblah. And they [passed] judgment upon him.] 

Our persecutors are [faster] than the eagles of heaven. They pursued us upon the mountains & they laid [waiting to ambush] us, in the wilderness. The [Lord's] anointed was [captured] in their pits, of whom we said, We shall live [with] the breath of our nostrils, [a.k.a. with our lives,] among the heathen under [Zedekiah's] shadow. 

Rejoice & be glad, O daughter of Edom, [who] dwells in the land of Uz. The cup shall also pass to you. You shall be drunk & shall make yourself naked. [Psalm 83:3-7 They have taken [deceitful] counsel against Your people & consulted against Your hidden ones. They have said, Come & let us cut them off from being a nation; [so] that the name of Israel may no [longer] be [remembered.] 

For they consulted together [in agreement.] [Those of] the tabernacles of: Edom; the Ishamaelites; Moab; Hagarenes; Gebal; Ammon; Amalek; Philistines; with the inhabitants of Tyre are [in alliance] against You.] 

The punishment [for] your [sin] is accomplished, O daughter of Zion. He will no [longer] carry you away into captivity. He will visit, [a.k.a. punish] your [sin,] O daughter of Edom. He will [uncover] your sins.

[Jeremiah 31:10-12 O you nations, hear the Word of the Lord, & declare it in the [coastal islands far away] & say, He, [Who] scattered Israel, will gather [them] & keep [them like] a Shepherd [keeps] His flock.]