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.

11/06/2024

Isaiah 36:1-22 Rabshakeh is Sent with His Army to Jerusalem

 

Rabshakeh is Sent with His Army to Jerusalem

Isaiah 36:1-22                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Now, it [happened on] the 14th year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib, [Assyria's] king, came up against all [Judah's fortified] cities & [captured] them. And [Assyria's] king sent Rabshakeh with a [large] army, from Lachish to king Hezekiah, [in] Jerusalem.

And he stood by the conduit, [a.k.a. aqueduct,] of the Upper Pool [by] the Highway of the [Launderer's] Field. Then, Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, [who] was over the house & Shebna, the scribe & Joah, Asaph's son, [who was] the recorder, came out to him.

And Rabshakeh said to them, You say now to Hezekiah, The great king, the king of Assryia says [this,] What is [it that you trust in that] you [have] confidence? I say [that] you say, I have counsel & strength for war, (but they are [just] vain words.) Now on Whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 

[Look,] you trust in the staff, [a.k.a. walking stick,] of this broken reed [from] Egypt; [upon which] if a man [leans;] it will [break &] go into his hand & pierce it. So is Pharaoh, [Egypt's] king, to all [who] trust in him.

But if you say to me, We trust in the Lord our God, isn't it He, Whose high places & Whose altars Hezekiah has taken away & said to Judah & to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

[2 Kings 18:4 [Hezekiah] removed the high places & [broke] the images & cut down the groves & [broke] in pieces the [brass snake] that Moses had made: for those days [that] the children [people] of Israel [burnt] incense to it & he called it Nehushtan.] 

Therefore, I pray [that] you now give pledges, [a.k.a. collateral,] to my master, [Assyria's] king & I will give you 2,000 horses, if on your part, you [are] able to [put] riders upon them. 

Then, how will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants & put your trust [in] Egypt for chariots & horsemen? And [haven't] I now, without the Lord, come up against this land to destroy it? 

Then, Eliakim, Shebna & Joah said to Rabshakeh, I pray [that] you speak to your servants in the Syrian, [a.k.a. Aramaic] language; for we understand it. And [don't] speak to us in the Jews' language, [within earshot] of the people, [who] are on the wall. 

But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to speak these words [just] to your master & to you? Hasn't he sent me to the men, [who] sit upon the wall, [so] that they may eat their own [feces] & drink their own [urine] with you?

Then, Rabshakeh stood & cried [out] with a loud voice in the Jew's language & said, Hear you the words of the great king, king of Assyria. The king says [this,] [Don't] let Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us.

This city shall not be delivered into the hand of [Assyria's] king. [Don't pay attention] to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says [this,] Make an agreement with me [with] a present & come out to me.

And everyone of you eat of his [own] vine & of his fig tree & drink of the waters of his own cistern, [a.k.a. well;] until I come & take you away to a land like your own land. A land of corn & wine. A land of bread & vineyards. 

Beware lest Hezekiah [convinces] you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of [Assyria's] king? Where are the gods of Hamath [or] Arphad, [a.k.a. Arpad?] Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Who are [those] among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, [so] that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? But they held their peace & [didn't answer] him a word: for the king's [command] was, [Don't] answer him. 

Then, Eliakim, [Hilkiah's] son, [who] was over the household, Shebna, the scribe & Joah, [Asaph's] son, [who was] the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes [torn] & told him the words of Rabshakeh. 
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