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 9:1-17 They Have Deeply Corrupted Themselves

 

They Have Deeply Corrupted Themselves

Hosea 9:1-17                              The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

O Israel, [don't] rejoice for joy, [like] other people. For you have gone [unfaithfully like a harlot] from your God. You [have] loved a reward, [a.k.a. a harlot's payment] on every corn floor. 

[Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall [be fearful,] because of the [gold] calves of Beth Aven. For the people [there] shall mourn over it, & [its] priests, [who] rejoiced [about] it, for [its] glory. Because [its glory has] departed from it.]

The [threshing] floor & the wine press, shall not feed them. And the new wine shall fail in [Israel.] They shall not dwell in the Lord's land. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, & they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. 

[Ezekiel 4:14 I then said, Ah, Lord God: [See,] my soul hasn't been [defiled.] from my youth up, even [until] now, I haven't eaten [what] dies of itself, or is torn in pieces. Neither has abominable flesh [entered] into my mouth.] 

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices shall be to them, [like] the bread of mourners. All, [who] eat [of it] shall be [defiled.] For the bread for their [souls] shall not come into the [Lord's] house. 

[Leviticus 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood. And I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for the soul. Therefore, I said to the children [people] of Israel, No, [person] of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that [temporarily stays] among you, eat [meat with the] blood.]

What will you do [on] the solemn day, & on the feast day of the Lord? For, [look] [if] [they] are gone, because of [the] destruction, Egypt shall gather them up, & Memphis shall bury them. 

The pleasant places for their silver, in their tents, shall [now] be [possessed] by [sticker bushes] & thorns. The days of visitation, [a.k.a. punishment, have] come & Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool & the spiritual man is [insane because of] the multitude of your: [sins] & great hatred. 

[Jeremiah 23:25-27 I have heard what the prophets said, [who] prophesy lies in My Name, saying, I have dreamed. I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets, [who] prophesy lies? 

[Yes,] they are prophets of the deceit [in] their own heart. [Those,] [who] think to cause My people to forget My Name, by their dreams [that] every man [tells] to his neighbor. Their fathers have forgotten My Name, [instead] for Baal.] 

The watchman, [a.k.a guard] of Ephraim was with my God. [Ezekiel 33:7 O son of man, I have [put] you [like a] watchman, [for] the house of Israel. Therefore, you shall hear the [Words] at My mouth, & warn them [for] Me.] 

But in all his ways, the prophet is [like] a snare for a [bird trapper,] & [causes] hatred in the house of his God. [The prophets] have deeply corrupted themselves, [like during] the days of Gibeah. Therefore, He will remember their [sinfulness] & He will visit, [a.k.a. punish] their sins.

[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.] 

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your [forefathers like] the first ripe [fruit] in the fig tree, [in its] 1st [season.] But they went to Baal Peor & separated themselves to [to do what is] [shameful] & their abominations were  according [to] as [many as] they loved. 

[Jeremiah 11:10-13 They [have] turned back to the [sins] of their forefathers, [who] refused to hear My Words. And they went after other gods to serve them. The [houses] of: Israel & Judah have broken My covenant [contract, that] I made with their fathers. 

Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will bring [calamity] upon them, [that] they shall not be able to escape. And [although] they shall cry [out] to Me, I will not [pay attention] to them. Then, the cities of Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go & cry [out] to the gods, to whom they offer incense. 

But they shall not save them at all [on their] day of trouble. Your gods were: according to the number of your cities, O Judah, & you have [put] up altars, according to the number of [Jerusalem's] streets, to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.] 

As for Ephraim, from conception, & birth from the womb, their glory shall fly away like a bird. [Although] they bring up their children, [still] I will [deprive them] [of loved ones,] [so] that there shall not be a man left. [Yes,] also [distress] to [those,] when I depart from them!

Ephraim, [like] I saw Tyrus, [a.k.a. Tyre,] is [also] planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall [deliver] his children to the murderer. [Psalm 106:34-38 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 [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.] 

O Lord, give [to] them…what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb & dry breasts. [Luke 23:29 For, [watch,] the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, & the wombs that never [bore,] & the [breasts that] never [nursed.]

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for [that's where] I hated them. [Because of] the wickedness of their [actions,] I will drive them out [from My] house. I will no [longer] love them. All their princes are revolters. [Isaiah 1:21-23 How the faithful city [has] become [a] harlot.

It was full of [justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers. Your silver [has] become [scum] & your wine is mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, & companions of thieves. Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] & follows after rewards. They [don't] judge the fatherless, & neither [does] the [case] of the widow come to them.] 

Ephraim is [struck] & their root is dried up. They shall [deliver] no fruit, [a.k.a. offspring.] [Yes,] though they [deliver,] I will [still] slay, even the beloved fruit of their womb. 

[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.]

My God will cast them away, because they didn't [pay attention] to Him. And they shall be wanderers among the nations.