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 22:1-31 God Asked Ezekiel to Judge Their Many Abominations

 

God Asked Ezekiel to Judge Their Many Abominations

Ezekiel 22:1-31             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

[Also,] the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city now? [Yes,] you shall [declare] all her abominations to her. [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.] 

Then say, The Lord God says [this;] The city sheds blood in [its] midst & makes idols against [her best interests,] [so] that her time may come. [Psalm 106:34-39 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them, but 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,] and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan & the land was [defiled] with blood. [Like this,] they were defiled with their own works & went with their own inventions, [like unfaithful harlots.] 

You [have] become guilty [by] your [bloodshed,] & have defiled yourself [with] your idols, [that] you have made. And you have caused your days to draw near & even [have] come to [the end of] your years. Therefore, I have made you a [disgrace] to the heathen & [mocked] [by] all countries. 

Those, [who are] near & those, [who are] far from you, shall mock you, [who is] infamous, [a.k.a. notorious,] & [very troubled.] [Look,] the princes of Israel & everyone [who] were in you, shed blood to [the best of] their [abilities.] [Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city [has] become an [unfaithful] harlot! It was full of [justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it, but now murderers.]

[Within] you, they have set [a] light by [their] father & mother. They have [treated] the stranger [with] oppression in the midst of you. In you, they have [troubled] the fatherless & the widow. [Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you [for] judgment. 

And I will be a swift witness against the: sorcerers; adulterers; [those who swear false oaths, a.k.a. slanderers;] & against those [who] oppress the: [hired worker with] his wages, the widow & the fatherless. And [those, who] turn aside the stranger from his [rights] & [don't] fear [respect] Me, says the Lord of Hosts.] 

You have despised [My] holy things & have [defiled] My Sabbaths. [2 Kings 18:16 At that time, Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the [Lord's] temple & from the pillars [that] king Hezekiah had overlaid & gave it to [Assyria's] king.]

In you, are men, [who] carry [false] tales to shed blood. And [within] you, they eat upon the mountains. They commit [what is] lewdness. [Isaiah 65:7 The Lord says, Therefore I will measure their former [deeds] into their [chest.] [Because of] your [sins] & the [sins] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills.]

In you, they have discovered their fathers' nakedness. In you they have humbled her, [who] was set apart for [being defiled.] And [someone] has committed [adultery] with his neighbor's wife. And another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. 

And another in you has [violated] his sister, his father's daughter. In you, they have taken gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] to shed blood. You have taken interest & [increased] [profit] & you have greedily gained [from] your neighbors by extortion & have forgotten Me, says the Lord God. 

Therefore, [watch,] I have [struck My hands,] at your dishonest gain, [that] you have made, & at your [bloodshed that] has been in the midst of you. [Ezekiel 21:17 I will also [strike My] hands together & I will cause My fury to rest. I, the Lord, have said it.]

Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, [during] the days that I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken it & will do it. And I will scatter you among the heathen & [distribute] you in the countries & will [remove] your filthiness [from] you. 

And you shall take your inheritance [for] yourself in the sight of the heathen & you shall know that I Am the Lord. [Exodus 7:5 And the Egyptians shall know that I Am the Lord, when I stretch [out My] hand upon Egypt & bring out the children [people] of Israel from among them.]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, the house of Israel [has] become [sludge] to Me. They are all brass; tin; iron & lead, in the midst of the furnace. They are even the [sludge] of silver. [Jeremiah 6:28-30 They are all grievous revolters, [following] with [those who slander.] 

They are brass & iron & they are all corrupters. The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed [by] the fire. The founder melts in vain; for the wicked are not [pulled] away. Men shall call them [refused] silver, because the Lord has rejected them.] 

Therefore, the Lord God says [this;] Because you all [have] become [sludge,] therefore [watch,] I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. [Like] they gather silver; brass; iron; lead; & tin, into the midst of the furnace to blow fire upon it, to melt it.

I will [also] gather you in [My] anger & My fury & I will leave you there & melt you. [Jeremiah 9:7 Therefore, the Lord of Hosts says [this; Watch,] I will melt them & [test] them. For [what] [more] shall I do for the daughter of My people?] 

[Yes,] I will gather you & blow upon you in the fire of My [anger] & you shall be melted in the midst [of it.] [Like] silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst [of it.] And you shall know that I, the Lord, have poured out My furry upon you. 

[Ezekiel 20:8-9 But they rebelled against Me & wouldn't [pay attention] to Me. Every man didn't [throw] away the abominations of their eyes & neither did they [abandon] the idols of Egypt. Then, I said, I will pour out My fury upon them, to [carry out] My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. 

But I [worked] [miracles,] for My Name's sake, [so] that [they wouldn't] be [defiled, in front of] the heathen they were among & in whose sight I made Myself known to them, [by] bringing them out of the land of Egypt.]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, say to her, You are the land that isn't cleansed, nor rained upon [on] the day of indignation. [Zephaniah 3:1-2 Woe to her, the oppressing city, [who] is filthy & [defiled!] She [didn't obey] [His] voice & she [didn't receive] correction. She [didn't trust] in the Lord & she [didn't draw] near to her God.] 

There is a conspiracy of her prophets, like a roaring lion [raveging] the prey, in the midst [of it.] They have devoured the souls, [a.k.a. lives] & they have taken the treasure & precious things. They have made many widows in the midst of her there. 

[2 Kings 16:8 And Ahaz took the silver & gold that was found in the [Lord's] house & in the treasures of the king's house & sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.]

Her priests have violated My Law & have [defiled My] holy things. They have put no difference between the holy & [wicked.] Neither have they [shown a] difference between the unclean & the clean & have [hidden] their eyes from My Sabbaths & I Am [defiled] among them. 

In the midst of it, her princes are like [ravenous] wolves, [ravaging] the prey, to shed blood; & to destroy [lives,] to get dishonest gain. [Micah 3:11 The [leaders of it,] judge for reward, [a.k.a. bribes; its] priests teach for [pay;] & the prophets [of it] divine for money. [Still,] they will lean upon the Lord & say, Isn't the Lord among us? [No calamity] can come upon us.]

And her prophets have [plastered] them with [uncured mortar,] seeing [what is] vanity & diving lies to them, saying, The Lord Gods says [this;] when the Lord hasn't spoken. [Ezekiel 13:10-11 Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, Peace & there wasn't [any] peace. 

And one built up a wall, & [look,] others [plastered] it with [uncured mortar.] Say to [those, who plaster] it with [uncured mortar,] O you, a stormy wind shall [break] it, [so] that it shall fall. There shall be an overflowing shower & shall fall [like] [large] hailstones.]

The people of the land have used oppression & [utilized] robbery & have [troubled] the poor & needy. [Yes,] they have wrongfully oppressed the stranger. And I sought for a man among them, [who would tear down] the hedge & stand in the gap, for the land, before Me, so I [wouldn't] destroy it: but I found none. 

[Psalm 106:23-25] Therefore, He said that He would destroy them, hadn't Moses, His chosen, stood before Him in the breach, [a.k.a. gap,] to turn away His [anger,] lest He should destroy them. [Yet,] they despised the pleasant land & they [didn't] believe His Word: but [grumbled] in their tents & [didn't pay attention] to His voice.]

Therefore, I have poured out [My] indignation upon them. I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath. I have [repaid] them, [according to] their own [ways,] upon their heads, says the Lord God. 

[Revelation 22:12-15 *And, [watch,] I come quickly & My reward shall be to give to every man according as his [deeds.] I Am [the] Alpha & [the] Omega, the Beginning & the End, the First & the Last. 

Blessed are [those, who] do His commandments, [so] that they may have right to the Tree of Life & may enter in through the gates into the city. For [outside] are: dogs; sorcerers; [sexual traffickers;] murderers; idolaters; & [whoever] loves & makes [up lies.]