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.

1/04/2025

Jeremiah 29:1-32 The Lord God Tells of the Future Return from Babylon

 

The Lord God Tells of the Future Return from Babylon

Jeremiah 29:1-32                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Now, these are the words [from] the letter that Jeremiah, the prophet, sent from Jerusalem to the [rest] of the elders, priests, prophets & people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. (That [is] after: king Jeconiah & the: queen, eunuchs, the princes of Judah & Jerusalem & the carpenters & [blacksmiths had] departed from Jerusalem.) 

[Jeremiah's letter was sent] by the hand of Elasah, [Shaphan's] son & Gemariah, [Hilkiah's] son, (whom Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king,) saying, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this] to all, whom I have caused to be carried away [captive] from Jerusalem to Babylon. 

Build [yourselves] houses & [live] in them. And plant gardens & eat the [produce] from them. Take [yourselves] wives & [father] sons & daughters & give your daughters to husbands, [so] that they may bear sons & daughters; [so] you may [increase] there & not [be reduced.] 

And seek the peace of the city [where] I have caused you to be carried away [captive] & pray to the Lord for it. For in the peace [of it,] you shall have peace. [1 Timothy 2:1-6 Therefore, I, 1st of all, [urge: requests,] prayers, intercessions] & giving thanks, be made for all men; for kings & for all [who] are in authority, [so] we may lead a quiet & [peaceful] life, in all godliness & honesty. 

For this is good & [appropriate] in the sight of God our Savior; Who [desires to] have all men be saved & to come to the knowledge of the Truth. For there is one God & one Mediator between God & men, The Man, Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself [as] a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.] 

For the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says, [this, Don't] let your prophets & diviners, [who are] in the midst of you, deceive you & neither [listen] to your dreams, [that] you cause to be dreamed. [Ephesians 5:6-7 Let no man deceive you with vain, [a.k.a. prideful] words: for because of these things, the wrath of God comes upon the children [people] of disobedience. Therefore, [don't] be [participants] with them.] 

For they prophesy falsely to you in My Name. I haven't sent them, says the Lord. For the Lord says [this,] That after 70 years [are completed in] Babylon, I will visit you & [carry out] My good Word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. [Jeremiah 25:12 And it shall [happen,] when 70 years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon & that nation for their [sin] & the land of the Chaldeans & will make it [continually desolate,] says the Lord.]

The Lord says, For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace & not of evil & to give you an expected end. [Ezekiel 11:16-18 Therefore say, The Lord God says, [this;] Although I have cast them far [away,] among the heathen & scattered them among the countries, [still] I will be to them [like] a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. 

Therefore say, The Lord God says, [this,] I will even gather you from the people & assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered & I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come [there] & they shall take away all the detestable things & all the abominations [of it,] from [there.]

Then, you shall call upon Me & you shall go & pray to Me & I will [listen] to you. And you shall seek Me & find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. And I will be found [by] you, says the Lord. And I will [cause] your captivity [to stop.] 

And I will gather you from all the nations & places [where] I have driven you, says the Lord. And I will bring you again, into the place [from] [where] I caused you to be carried away captive. [Ezekiel 23:37-38 They that have committed adultery & blood is [on] their hands & they have committed adultery with their idols & have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [their idols.]

Because you have said, The Lord has raised up prophets [for] us in Babylon; [Jeremiah 23:30-32 The Lord says, [See,] I am against the prophets, [who] steal My Words, everyone from his neighbor. The Lord says, [Look,] I'm against the prophets, [who] use their [mouths] & say, [God] says.

The Lord says, [See,] I'm against [those who] prophesy false dreams & tell them & cause My people to [go astray,] by their lies & their [indifference,] yet, I [didn't send] them, nor commanded them. Therefore, they shall not [benefit] this people at all, says the Lord.]

Know that the Lord says, [this about] the king, [who] sits upon the throne of David & [about] all the people, [who] dwell in this city & your brethren, [who hadn't] gone [out] with you into captivity. 

The Lord of Hosts says [this, Look,] I will send upon them the sword, the famine & the pestilence & will make them like [bad] figs, that can't be eaten, they are so [rotten.] 

And I will persecute them with the sword, famine & pestilence & will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, an astonishment, [hissed at & disgraced] among all the nations, [where] I have driven them. 

Because they haven't [paid attention] to My Words, says the Lord, [that] I sent to them by My servants, the prophets, rising early [to warn] & sending them; but you wouldn't [listen,] says the Lord. 

[Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you, [who] kill the prophets & stone [those who] are sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even [like] a hen gathers her chickens under her wings & you would not! Behold your house is left to you desolate. For I say to you, You shall not see Me [from now on, until] you shall say, Blessed is He, [Who] comes in the Name of the Lord.]

Therefore, you hear the Word of the Lord, all you [from] captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon. The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this about,] Ahab, [Kolaiah's] son & Zedekiah, [Maaseiah's] son, [who] prophesy a lie to you in My Name. [Look,] I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar, [a.k.a. Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's] king. And he shall [kill] them before your eyes.

And of all [those] of [Judah's] captivity, [who] are in Babylon, shall [take] up a curse, saying, [May] the Lord make you like Zedekiah & Ahab, whom [Babylon's] king roasted in the fire, because they have committed [wickedness] in Israel & committed adultery with their neighbors' wives & have spoken lying word in My Name, [that] I haven't commanded them. 

Even, I know & Am a witness, says the Lord. You shall also speak [this] to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, saying, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, speaks [this,] saying, Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people, [who] are in Jerusalem & to Zephaniah, [Masseiah's] son, the priest, & to all the priests, saying, The Lord has made you [the] priest, in the [place] of Jehoiada, the priest, [so] that you [could] be officers of the [Lord's] house, for every man, [who is insane] & makes himself a prophet, [so] you [could] put him in prison in the stocks. 

Therefore, now, why haven't] you [corrected] Jeremiah of Anathoth, [who] makes himself a prophet to you? [Because] he sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build [yourselves] houses & [live] in them. And plant gardens & eat the fruit [produced from] them. 

And Zephaniah, the priest, read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah, the prophet. Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Send to all [those from] captivity, saying, The Lord says [this about] Shemaiah, the Nehelamite; Because Shemiah has prophesied to you & I [didn't send] him & he caused you to trust in a lie. 

Therefore, the Lord says [this, Watch,] I will punish Shemaiah, the Nehelamite & his [descendants] & he shall not have a man to [live] among this people, neither shall he [see] the good that I will do for My people, says the Lord; because he has taught rebellion against the Lord.

[Jeremiah 28:16 Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will cast you [out] from off the [surface] of the earth. This year, you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the Lord.]