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.

10/08/2024

Isaiah 7:1-25 Syria & Israel are Going to War Against Judah

 

Syria & Israel are Going to War Against Judah

Isaiah 7:1-25                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened, during] the days of Ahaz, [Jotham's] son, [who was] the son of Uzziah, [Judah's] king, that Rezin, [Syria's] king & Pekah, [Remaliah's] son, [Israel's] king, went up toward Jerusalem to [battle] against it, but couldn't [gain victory over] it.

And the house of David was told, Syria is [in alliance] with Ephraim. And And his heart & the heart of his people [trembled, like] the trees of the [forest] are [shaken] with the wind.

Then, the Lord said to Isaiah, You & Shear Jashub, your son, go [out] now to meet Ahaz at the end of the [aqueduct] of the Upper Pool [on] the Highway of the [Launderer's] Field. And say to him, [Pay attention] & be quiet. 

[Don't] be [afraid or nervous of] these 2 smoking [branding irons, because of Rezin's] fierce anger with Syria & [Realiah's] son. Because Syria, Ephraim & [Remaliah's] son, have [plotted] evil [schemes] against you, saying, Let's go up against Judah & [trouble] it. And let's make a [gap in its walls] for us & [put] a king in the midst of it, even [Tabeal's] son. 

The Lord God said [this;] [Your plan] shall not stand & neither shall it [happen.] For the head of Syria is Damascus. And the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within 65 years, Ephraim shall be broken [up & no longer be] a people.

And the head of Ephraim is Samaria & the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you won't believe, surely you [won't] be established. [Additionally,] the Lord [spoke] to Ahaz again, saying, Ask the Lord your God [for] a sign [for] you. 

Ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I won't ask & neither will I [test] the Lord. And he said, You, O house of David, hear now: Is it a small thing for you to [exhaust] men, but will you [exhaust] my God also?

*Therefore, the Lord, Himself, shall give you a sign. [Watch,] a virgin shall conceive & bear a Son & shall call His Name Emmanuel. He shall eat butter & honey, [so] that He may know to refuse the evil & choose the good. For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil & choose the good, the land that you [loathe] shall be [abandoned] of both her kings.

[2 Kings 15:29-30 [During] the days of Pekah, [Israel's] king, Tiglath Pileser, [a.k.a. Pul, Assyria's] king, took [these regions:] Ijon & Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh Hazor, Gilead, Galilee & all the land of Naphtali & carried them captive to Assyria. And Hoshea, [Elah's] son, made a conspiracy against Pekah, [Remaliah's] son & [struck & killed] him & [ruled] in his [place] in the 20th year Jotham, [Uzziah's] son [ruled.]

The Lord shall bring upon you & your people & your [forefather's] house, days that haven't come [yet,] from the day that Ephraim [left] from Judah, even the king of Assyria.

[2 Kings 16:2-4 Ahaz was 20 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 16 years in Jerusalem & didn't [do what] was right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David, his [forefather did.] But he [followed] in the [path] of [Israel's] kings. 

[Yes] & made his son pass through the fire, according to the abomination of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from [in front of] the children [people] of Israel. And [Ahaz] sacrificed & burnt incense in the high places & on the hills & under every green tree.]

And it shall [happen on] that day, that the Lord shall [whistle] for the fly, that is in the [highest] part of [Egypt's] rivers & for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. And they shall come & all of them shall rest in the desolate [& empty] valleys, the holes [in] the rocks & upon all thorns & all bushes. 

[On] the same day, the Lord shall shave the head & the hair of the [legs] with a razor of [those who are] hired, namely, [those] beyond the river, by [Assyria's] king. And [the razor] shall also consume the beard.

[2 Kings 16:7-9 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath Pileser, [Assyria's] king, saying, I am your servant & your son. Come up & save me out of the hand of [Syria's] king & [Israel's] king, [who] rise up against me. 

And Ahaz took the silver & gold that [were] found in the [Lord's] house & in the treasures of the king's house & sent it for a present to [Assyria's] king. And [Assyria's] king [listened] to him, for [Assyria's] king went up against Damascus & [captured] it & carried the people of it captive to Kir & [killed] Rezin.]

And it shall [happen, on] that day, that a man shall [feed] a young cow & 2 sheep & it shall [happen from] the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter. For butter & honey everyone shall eat [who are] left in the land.  

And it shall [happen, on] that day, that every place shall be, where [there used to be] 1,000 vines [bought for] 1,000 [shekels of silver.] It shall [now only] be for [sticker & thorn bushes.] 

Men shall come [there] with arrows & bows; because all the land shall become [sticker & thorn bushes.] And on all [the] hills, that shall be [dug] with [hoes] & [they] shall not come [there for] fear of the [sticker & thorn bushes,] but it shall be for sending [out] oxen & the [trampling of the younger livestock.]