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.

Hosea 10:1-15 Israel is an Empty Vine

 

Israel is an Empty Vine

Hosea 10:1-15             The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

Israel is an empty vine & he [produces] fruit [only for] himself. He has increased the altars, according to the multitude of his fruit. And according to the goodness of his land, they have made [attractive] images. 

[Jeremiah 11:13 For: O Judah, your gods were, according to the number of your cities. And you have [put] up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal, according to the number of [Jerusalem's] streets.] 

Their heart is divided. [Mark 7:6-7 *He answered & said to them, [Isaiah] has prophesied well of you hypocrites, [like] it is written, This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. [However,] they worship Me in vain, teaching [like] doctrines, the commandments of men.] 

Now, they shall be found [guilty.] He shall break down their altars & He shall spoil their images. [Exodus 23:24-25 You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do, [according to] their works. 

But you shall [totally] overthrow them, & [completely] break down their images. And you shall serve the Lord your God, & He will bless your bread, & your waters. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you.]

For they shall now say, We have no king, because we [didn't] fear [respect] the Lord. Then, what should a king do to us? In making a covenant [contract,] they have spoken words, swearing falsely. 

[Like this,] judgment [sprouts up] [like poisonous] hemlock in the [rows.] The [residents] of Samaria, shall [be] [fearful,] because the calves of Beth Aven, [a.k.a. Beth El, have] departed from it. For the people [there] shall mourn over it & the priests, [who] rejoiced [about] it; for [its] glory.

[1 Kings 12:27-30 This people go up to sacrifice in the [Lord's] house [in] Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall [return] to their lord, even to Rehoboam, [Judah's] king, & they shall kill me, & go again to Rehoboam, [Judah's] king. 

[Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] [got advice] & made 2 calves of gold, & said to them, It's too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, [to sacrifice.] [See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up, out of the land of Egypt. 

And he [put] 1 in Beth El, & he put the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the 1, even to Dan.]

It shall also be carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb. Ephraim shall receive shame, & Israel shall be ashamed of his own [advice.] [Hosea 5:11-12 Ephraim is oppressed & [is] [without] judgment, because he willing [followed] after [their] [own] commandment. Therefore, I will be [like] a moth to Ephraim, & [like rot] to the house of Judah.] 

As for Samaria, her king is cut off [like] [a broken twig on] the foam upon the water. Also, the high places of Aven, [a.k.a. Beth Aven, or Beth El,] & the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn & the thistle shall [grow] up on their altars. And they shall say to the mountains, Cover us, & to the hills, Fall on us. 

[Revelation 6:16-17 And [they] said to the mountains & rocks, Fall on us, & hide us from the face of Him, [Who] sits on the throne, & from the [anger] of the Lamb. For the great day of His wrath [has] come. And who shall be able to [endure?]

O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah. There they stood & the battle in Gibeah against the children [people] of [wickedness,] didn't overtake them.  [Judges 20:5-6 And the men of Gibeah rose [up] against me, & [surrounded] the house & [came] upon me by night & thought to [kill] me.

And they have forced my [mistress] & she is dead. And I took my [mistress] & cut her in pieces, & sent her throughout the country of [Israel's] inheritance. For they have committed [what is] [lewd & foolish] in Israel.]

It is My desire that I should chastise them & the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall [tie] themselves in 2 rows [like] their [wheat.] And Ephraim is [like a] heifer, that [is trained] & loves to [trample out] the corn. 

But I  passed [a harness] over her [well-favored] neck: & I will make Ephraim [able] to [be] [ridden.] Judah shall plow, & Jacob shall break [up] his [dirt] clods. Sow to yourselves, [what is:] [righteous] & [harvest] mercy. 

[Plow] your [untilled] ground: for it's time to seek the Lord, [until] He [comes] & [rains] [down] righteousness upon you. You have plowed [what is:] [wicked] & you have [harvested] [what is:] [sinful.] [Job 4:8 Even [like] I have seen, [those, who] plow iniquity, & sow wickedness, reap, [a.k.a. harvest,] the same.]

You have eaten the fruit [produced from] lies, because you [trusted] in your ways. [Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked [abandon] his [ways,] & the unrighteous man [abandon] his thoughts. And let him return to the Lord & to our God. And He will have mercy upon him: for He will pardon abundantly.] 

And [you trusted] in the multitude of your mighty men. [Isaiah 31:1 Woe to [those, who] go down to Egypt for help, & [rely] on horses, & trust in chariots, because they are many; & in horsemen, because they are very strong. But they [don't] look to the Holy One of Israel, & neither do they seek the Lord!] 

Therefore, [turbulence] shall arise among your people, & all your fortresses shall be [plundered, like] Shalman [plundered] Beth Arbel [on] the day of battle & the mother was dashed to piece upon her children. 

[Nahum 3:10 Still, she was carried away & she went into captivity. Her young children were also dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets. And they cast lots for her honorable men, & all her [important] men were bound in chains.] 

So shall Beth El, [a.k.a. Beth Aven,] do to you, because of your great wickedness. In [the] morning, the king of Israel shall be [totally] cut off.