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.

10/23/2024

Isaiah 22:1-25 The Prophecy About the Valley of Vision

 

The Prophecy About the Valley of Vision

Isaiah 22:1-25                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The burden, [a.k.a. prophecy about] the Valley of Vision. What ails you now, that you have [totally] gone up to the housetops? You, [who] are full of [agitation,] a tumultuous city, [that was] a joyous city. Your [dead] men [weren't killed] with the sword, nor [were] dead in battle.

All your rulers [have] fled together & they are [captured] by the archers. All, [captured, who] were found in you, [who] have fled from far [away,] are [tied] together. Therefore, I said, Look away from me & I will weep bitterly, [but it didn't work] to comfort me, because of the [plundering] of the daughter of my people. 

[Jeremiah 4:19-20 My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am pained at my very heart. My heart makes a noise [within] me. O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you have heard, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction, is cried [out.] For the whole land is [plundered.] Suddenly my tents are [plundered] & my curtains in a moment.]

For it is a day of trouble & of [trampling] down & of [confusion,] by the Lord God of Hosts in the Valley of Vision, breaking down the [fortified] walls & crying [out] to the mountains. And Elam with chariots of men & horsemen, [carried the arrow's] quiver. And Kir [revealed] the [shields.] 

[Jeremiah 49:35-36 The Lord of Hosts [said this; Look] I will break the bow of Elam, the [leader] of their might. And upon Elam I will bring the 4 winds from the 4 [corners] of heaven & will scatter them toward all those winds. And there shall be no nation, [where] the outcasts of Elam shall not come.] 

And it shall [happen,] that your [best] valleys shall be full of chariots & the horsemen shall [put themselves in battle order] at the gate. And he [revealed] the covering of Judah & [on] that day, you [looked] to the armor of the house of the forest. 

[1 Kings 10:16-17 And king Solomon made 200 targets of beaten gold. 600 shekels of gold went to 1 target. And he made 300 shields of beaten gold. 3 pounds of gold went to 1 shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.]

You have also seen the [gaps in] the city of David & that they are many. And you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. [2 Kings 20:20 And aren't the rest of Hezekiah's [actions,] all his [strength] & how he made a conduit, [a.k.a. aqueduct] & brought water into the city, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?] 

And you have [counted] the house of Jerusalem & the houses you have broken down to fortify the wall. You also made a [aqueduct] between the 2 walls for the water of the old pool: but you haven't looked to [its] Maker, neither [did you show] respect to Him, [Who] fashioned it long ago. 

And [on] that day, the Lord God of Hosts did call [them] to: weeping, mourning, baldness & [strapping themselves] with sackcloth. And [instead what was seen was:] [joy & gladness, slaughtering] oxen, killing sheep, eating [meat] & drinking wine.  Let us eat & drink; for tomorrow we shall die. 

It was revealed in [my] ears by the Lord of Hosts, [Certainly, this sinfulness can't be cleansed] from you until you die, says the Lord God of Hosts. [Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery & [bloodshed] is [on] their hands & with their idols they have committed adultery & also have [made] their sons, whom they bare, to pass through the fire, to devour them. 

[Additionally,] they have defiled My sanctuary [on] the same day & have profaned My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then they came the same day, into My sanctuary to [desecrate] it & [look] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.] 

The Lord God of Hosts says [this,] You, go get to [the] treasurer, even to Shebna, [who] is over the [Lord's] house & say, What [are] you [doing] here? And whom [do] you have here, that you have [cut yourself] out a [tomb] here, [like] he [who cuts himself] a [tomb] high [up] & [carves a place to stay] for himself in a rock? 

[Look,] the Lord will carry you away with a [forceful] captivity & will surely [seize] you. [Certainly,] He will violently turn you & toss you like a ball into a large country. You shall die there & the chariots of your glory, shall be the shame of your lord's house there. 

[Isaiah 2:7-8 Their land is full of silver & gold. Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land is also full of horses & neither is there any end of their chariots. Also, their land is full of Idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that their own fingers have made.] 

And I will drive you from your [office] & he shall pull you down from your [position.] And it shall [happen on] that day, that I will call My servant, Eliakim, [Hilkiah's] son. And I will clothe him with your robe & strengthen him with your [belt.] I will [deliver] your government into his hand. 

And He shall be a father to the [residents] of Jerusalem & to the house of Judah. *And I will [give the responsibility] of the key of the house of David & will [put it] upon his [shoulders,] so he shall open & [no one] shall shut. And he shall shut & none shall open [it.] 

[Revelation 3:7-8 And to the Angel of the church in Philadelphia, write: He, [Who] is Holy says these things, He [Who] is True, He has the key of David, that He opens & no man shuts & shuts & no man opens. I know your works. [Look,] I have [put] before you an open door & no man can shut it. For you have a little strength & have kept My Word & haven't denied My Name.] 

And I will fasten him [like] a nail in a [secure] place & he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. And they shall hang upon [Eliakim, the containers of] small quantity from: cups, even to all the [pitchers,] [holding] all the glory of his father's house, the offspring & [descendants.] 

[On] that day, the Lord of Hosts says, The nail that is fastened in the [secure] place shall be removed & be cut down & fall. And the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord has spoken it.