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 2:1-23 Hosea's Wife is Unfaithful, Like God's People Are Unfaithful to Him

 

Hosea's Wife is Unfaithful, Like God's People Are Unfaithful to Him

Hosea 2:1-23                               The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

[Go &] say to your brethren, Ammi, [a.k.a. My people,] & to your sisters, Ru Hamah, [a.k.a. No Mercy.] Plead [in the courts] with your mother. Plead, for she isn't my wife & neither am I her husband. Therefore, let her put away her [unfaithful harlotries from] her sight & her adulteries from between her breasts. 

Lest, I strip her naked, & [put] her [like] the day that she was born, & make her [like] a wilderness. And [put] her like a dry land & [kill] her with thirst. [Jeremiah 16:10-12 And it shall [happen,] when you shall [declare] all these Words [to] this people, & they shall say to you, [For what reason has] the Lord [declared] all this great [disaster] against us? Or what is our iniquity? 

Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then, you shall say to them, The Lord says, Because your fathers have [abandoned] Me, & have [followed] after other gods, & served & worshiped them, & have [abandoned] Me & have haven't kept My Law. 

And you have done worse than your fathers; for, [see,] everyone [of] you [follow] after the imaginations of his evil heart, [so] that they [won't pay attention]to Me.] 

And I won't have mercy upon her children; for they [are] the children of [unfaithful harlotry.] For, their mother has played the harlot & she, [who] conceived them [has] done shamefully. For she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my: bread; waters; wool; flax; oil; & my drink. 

[Ezekiel 23:5-7 And Aholah, [a.k.a. Samaria,] played the [unfaithful] harlot when she was Mine & she [showered affection] on her lovers, on the Assyrians, her neighbors, [who] were clothed with blue, [a.k.a. purple,] captains & rulers, all of them desirable young men & horsemen, riding upon horses.

[Like this,] she committed her [unfaithful harlotries] with them, [like] with all [those, who] were the chosen men of Assyria, & with all [upon] whom, she [showered her affection.] She defiled herself with all their idols.]

Therefore, [look,] I will make a wall & hedge up your [road] with thorns, [so] that she may not find her paths. And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall [catch up with] them. And she shall seek them, but shall not find them. 

Then, she shall say, I will go & return to my 1st husband; for it was better [for] me then, than now. [Isaiah 54:5-8 For your Maker is your husband; the Lord of Hosts is His Name; & shall be called your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. For the Lord has called you [like] a woman [abandoned] & grieved in spirit, & a [young] wife, when you [were] refused, says your God.

For a [little] moment I have [abandoned] you; but with great mercies I will gather you. In a little [anger] I hid My face from you for a moment; but I will have mercy on you with everlasting kindness, says the Lord your Redeemer.] 

For she didn't know that I gave her: [grain;] wine; & oil, & multiplied her silver & gold, [that] they prepared for Baal. [Ezekiel 16:17 You have also taken your [pretty] jewels & My gold & My silver, [that] I have given you, & made yourself [male] images & committed [unfaithful harlotry] with them.]

Therefore, I will return & take away My [grain] in [its] [harvest] time, & My wine in [its] season, & will recover My wool & My flax given to cover her nakedness. And I will now [uncover] her [indecency] in the sight of her lovers & none shall deliver her [from] My hand. 

I will also cause all her [happiness] to cease: & her: feast days; New Moons; Sabbaths, & solemn feasts. [Revelation 18:23-24 And the light of a candle shall no [longer] shine in you. And the voice of the bridegroom & the bride shall no [longer] be heard at all in you. 

For your merchants were the great men of the earth; [but] by your sorceries, all nations were deceived. And in her was found the [bloodshed] of prophets & saints, & all [who] were slain upon the earth.] 

And I will destroy her vines & fig trees, [of which,] she has said, These are my [payment] that my lovers have given me. And I will make them a forest & the animals of the field shall eat them. And I will visit, [a.k.a. punish,] her [for] the days of Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal, in which] she burned incense to them. 

And she [decorated] herself with her: earrings & jewels, & she [followed] after her lovers, & [forgot] Me, says the Lord. Therefore, [watch,] I will [entice] her, & bring her into the wilderness, & speak [nicely] to her. And from [there,] I will give her vineyards, & the Valley of Achor, for a door of hope. 

And she shall sing there, [like] in the days of her youth, & [like during] the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. [Joshua 7:24-26 And Joshua, & all Israel with him, took Achan, [Zerah's] son, & his sons & daughters & the silver, & the garment, & the wedge of gold, & his: oxen; [mules;] sheep; tent; & all that he had. And they brought them to the Valley of Achor. 

And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? The Lord shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him, & burned them with fire, after they had stone them [to death.] 

And they raised over him a [large] heap of stones [until] this day. So, the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. [For this reason,] the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, [until] this day.] 

The Lord says, And [on] that day, it shall be that you call Me, Ishi, [a.k.a. My Husband,] & shall no [longer] call Me Baali, [a.k.a. my master.] For I will take away the names of Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal,] out of her mouth. And they shall no [longer] be remembered by their name. 

And [on] that day, I will make a covenant [contract] for them with the: [wild animals] of the field; [birds] of heaven; & creeping things [from] the ground. And I will break the [archer's] bow; the sword; & battle, [from] the earth, & will make them to lie down safely. 

[Isaiah 11:9-11 In all My Holy mountain, they shall not [harm,] nor destroy, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, [like] the waters cover the sea. 

*And [on] that day, there shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for a [sign for] the people & the Gentiles shall seek to It. And His rest shall be glorious. And it shall [happen, on] that day, the Lord shall [put] His hand in again, [in order to scoop up] the 2nd time, & to recover the [rest] of His people.] 

And I will betroth you to Me forever. [Yes,] I will betroth you to Me in: righteousness; [justice;] loving kindness; & in mercies. I will even betroth you to Me in faithfulness & you shall know the Lord. [John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the Only True God, & Jesus Christ, Whom You [have] sent.] 

And it shall [happen, on] that day, I will hear, says the Lord. I will [listen] [from] the heavens & they shall hear [from] the earth. And the earth shall hear [among] the: [grain;] wine; & oil; & they shall hear [in] Jezreel. 

And I will sow, [a.k.a. plant] her [for] Me, in the earth. And I will have mercy upon her & [those, who haven't acquired] mercy. [Ezekiel 36:9-11 [Look,] I Am for you, & I will [return] to you, & you shall be tilled & sown. And I will multiply men upon all the house of Israel, even all of it. 

And the cities shall be inhabited & the [wastelands] shall be [rebuilt.] And upon you, I will multiply man & [animals] & they shall increase & [produce] fruit. And I will [restore] you to your [previous state] & will do better [for] you, than at your [beginning.] And you shall know that I Am the Lord.] 

And I will say to [those, who] weren't My people, You are My people. And they shall say, You are my God. [Romans 9:26 And it shall [happen,] that in the place where it was said to them, You aren't My people, they shall be called there the children [people] of the Living God.]