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.

Ezekiel 21:1-32 The Lord God Is Going to Draw His Sword Out of its Sheath

 

The Lord God Is Going to Draw His Sword Out of its Sheath

Ezekiel 21:1-32            The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, [turn] your face toward Jerusalem, & [preach] your Word toward the Holy places & prophesy against the land of Israel. [Amos 7:16-17 Therefore, you, hear the Word of the Lord now: You say, [Don't] prophesy against Israel & [don't preach] your Word against the house of Isaac. 

Therefore, the Lord says [this;] Your wife shall be an [unfaithful] harlot in the city & your sons & daughters shall fall by the sword. And your land shall be divided [with a] line, & you shall die in a [defiled] land. And Israel shall surely go into captivity [from] his land.]

And say to the land of Israel, The Lord says [this; Look,] I Am against you & will draw out My sword [from its] sheath & will cut you off from the righteous & the wicked. 

[Since,] I will cut off the righteous & the wicked from you, therefore, shall My sword go out of [its] sheath against all flesh from the South to the North. [Deuteronomy 12:2-3 You shall [totally] destroy all places you shall possess, [in which]  the nations served their gods, upon the: high mountains; hills; & under every green tree. 

And you shall [throw over] their altars & break their pillars & burn their groves with fire. And you shall [cut] down the [carved] images & destroy the names of them out of that place.]

[So,] that all [humans] may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of [its] sheath & it shall not return anymore. [Isaiah 45:23-25 *I have sworn by Myself, the Word [has] gone out of My mouth in righteousness & shall not return, That every knee shall bow to Me & every tongue shall swear. 

Surely, one shall say, I have righteousness & strength in the Lord. Men shall even come to Him & all, [who] are [irate] against Him, shall be ashamed. All the seed, [a.k.a. descendants] of Israel shall be justified & [give] glory.] 

Therefore, you, Son of man, sigh with the breaking of your loins, & sigh with bitterness [in front of] their eyes. [Jeremiah 4:18-19 Your [ways & actions] have [acquired] these things [for] you. 

This is because your wickedness is bitter, [since] it reaches to your heart. My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained [in] my heart. My heart makes a [sound within] me. O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you have heard the sound of the trumpet alarm of war.]

And it shall be when they say to you, [Why] [do] you sigh? You shall answer, [Because of the news; ] because it comes & every heart shall melt; all hands shall be feeble; every spirit shall faint; & all knees shall be weak [like] water. [Look,] it comes & shall [happen,] says the Lord God.

[Ezekiel 7:18-19 They shall also [strap] themselves with sackcloth & horror shall cover them. And shame shall be upon all faces & baldness upon all their heads. They shall [throw] their silver in the streets & their gold shall be removed. 

Their silver & their gold shall not be able to deliver them [on] the day of the wrath of the Lord. [Silver & gold] shall not satisfy their souls, [nor] their [stomachs,] because it [became] the stumbling block of their [sinfulness.]

Again, the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, prophesy & say, The Lord says [this,] say, A sword, a sword is sharpened & also [polished.] It is sharpened to make a [severe] slaughter. It is [polished, so] it may glitter. Should we then [be happy?] 

It condemns the rod, [a.k.a. sword] of My Son, [like] every tree. [Isaiah 11:1-4 *And there shall come a rod out of the stem of Jesse & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. *And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him: the Spirit of wisdom & understanding; the Spirit of counsel & [strength; &] the Spirit of knowledge & of the fear [respect] of the Lord. 

And shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear [respect] of the Lord. And He shall not judge, [according to what] His eyes [see,] neither [reprimand, according to what] His ears [hear.] 

But He shall judge the poor with righteousness & [repay] the meek of the earth with equity. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod, [a.k.a sword, from] His mouth & with the breath of His lips, He shall slay the wicked.]

And He has given it to be [polished, so] that it may be handled. This sword is sharpened & [polished] to [be] [given] into the hand of the slayer. Son of man, cry [out] & howl. For [the sword] shall be upon: My people & all the princes of Israel. 

Terrors shall be upon My people, [because] of the sword. Therefore, [strike] your thigh, because it is a [test.] [Jeremiah 31:19 Surely, after I was returned, I repented. And after that, I was instructed & [struck] my thigh & I was ashamed. [Yes,] even [confused,] because I [carried] the [disgrace] of my youth.] 

What if the sword condemns the rod? It shall be no more, says the Lord God. [Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, [Don't] weep. [Look,] the Lion of the Tribe of [Judah,] the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book & to [loosen its] 7 seals.] 

Therefore, Son of man, you prophesy & [strike] your hands together. And let the sword be doubled a 3rd time. The sword of the slain, is the sword of the great men, [who] are [killed, who] [hid themselves when they] entered into their [private rooms.]

[Ezekiel 6:11-13 The Lord God says [this; Strike] your [hands] & stamp with your foot & say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! For they shall fall by the: sword; famine; & by pestilence. 

He, [who] is far [away,] shall die of pestilence. And he, [who] is near, shall fall by the sword. And he, [who] remains & is [surrounded,] shall die by famine. I will [carry out] My fury on them [like this.] 

Then, you shall know that I Am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols [all around] their altars: upon every high hill; [on] the tops of the mountains, under every green tree & under every thick oak, the [places] where they offered sweet [incense] to all their idols.]

I have [aimed] the point of the sword against all their gates, [so] that their heart may faint & their [ruin] [may] be multiplied. Ah! [The sword] is made bright & it's wrapped up, for the slaughter. You, go one way or [the] other, either on the right hand [side,] or on the left, [whatever way,] you face. 

I will also [strike My] hands together & I will [make] My fury rest. I, the Lord, have said it. The Word of the Lord came to me again, saying, Son of man, you also appoint [yourself] 2 ways, [for] the sword of [Babylon's] king [to] come. Both [of the] 2, shall come out of one land. 

[From both of the 2 ways,] choose a place [for yourself] & choose it at the [top] of the [road] to the city. [Designate] a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites & to Judah in Jerusalem, [which is] [fortified.] 

For [Babylon's] king stood at the [dividing] of the 2 [roads,] at the [top] of the 2 [roads,] to use divination. He made his arrows [shiny] & consulted with images & he looked in the liver. 

[Leviticus 19:26 You shall not eat anything with [its] blood. Neither shall you use enchantment, [a.k.a. divination,] nor observe times, [a.k.a. astrology, horoscopes, or soothsaying.] 

At his right hand was the divination [to go to] Jerusalem, to appoint captains; to open [their] mouth & lift up [their] voices with shouting [orders] in the slaughter; to appoint battering rams against the gates; [throw] up [embankments] & to build a fort. 

And it shall be [like] false divination to them, in [the] sight [of] [those who] have sworn oaths. But [Nebuchadnezzar] will [remind] [them of their] [sinfulness, so] that they may be [captured.] 

Therefore the Lord God says [this;] Because you have made your [sin] to be remembered, in that your [sins] are [uncovered] & all your [actions] & sins [are apparent.] I say, Because you [have] come to [remember,] you shall be taken [by] the hand. 

And you, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day [has] come, when [your] [sinfulness] shall [come to] an end. [Jeremiah 52:8-11 But the [Chaldean] army, pursued after the king & overtook Zedekiah, in the Plains of Jericho. And all his army was scattered from him. 

Then, they took king [Zedekiah,] & carried him up to [Babylon's] king, [at] Riblah, in the land of Hamath; where he [passed] judgment on [Zedekiah.] And [Babylon's] king [killed Zedekiah's] sons, [in front of] his eyes.

He also [killed] all the princes of Judah in Riblah. Then, he put out the eyes of Zedekiah. And [Babylon's] king bound [Zedekiah] in chains & carried him to Babylon & put him in prison [until] the day of his death.]

The Lord God says [this;] Remove the [royal wreath] & take off the crown. This shall not be the same. Exalt him, [who] is [lowly] & [humble] him, [who] is [arrogant.] I will [overthrow & overthrow & overthrow it, & it [a.k.a. Judah] shall [no longer] be, until He [comes] Whose right it is & I will give it [to] Him. 

[Luke 1:32-33 He shall be called the Son of the Highest & the Lord God shall give to Him the throne of His [forefather,] David. *And He shall [rule] over the house of Jacob forever. And there shall be no end of His Kingdom.] 

And you, Son of man, prophesy & say, The Lord God says [this; about] the Ammonites & their [disgrace.] You shall even say, The sword, the sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is [polished] to [destroy,] because of [its] glittering. 

[While] they divine & see [what is:] vanity & a lie to you, to [add] you upon the necks of [those] of the wicked [who] are slain. Whose day [has] come, when [sinfulness] shall have an end. 

[Ezekiel 13:6-9 They have seen [what is] vanity & lying divination, saying, The Lord says. And the Lord hasn't sent them & they made others hope that they would confirm [their words.]

Haven't you seen a vain, [a.k.a. worthless] vision & haven't you spoken a [false] divination, [since] you say, The Lord says it; [but] I haven't spoken? Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you have spoken vanity & seen lies, therefore, [watch,] I Am against you, says the Lord God. 

And [My] hand shall be upon the prophets, [who] see vanity & divine lies. They shall not be in the assembly of My people & neither shall they be written in the [records] of the house of Israel. Neither shall they enter into the land of Israel. And you shall know that I Am the Lord God.] 

Shall I cause [the sword] to return into [its] sheath? I will judge you in the place where you [were] created, in the land of your [birth.] And I will pour out [My] indignation upon you. 

I will blow against you in the fire of My [fury] & deliver you into the hand of the [savage] men, skillful to destroy. Your blood shall be in the midst of the land & you shall be for fuel [for] the fire & you shall be no [longer] remembered. For I, the Lord, have spoken it.  

[Ezekiel 25:4-5 Therefore, [look;] I will deliver you to the men of the East for a possession & they shall [put] their palaces [within] you & make their dwellings in you.   

They shall eat your fruit & they shall drink your milk. And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels & the Ammonites, a [resting place] for flocks & you shall know that I Am the Lord.