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.

11/11/2024

Isaiah 41:1-29 Let the People Renew Their Strength, Come Near & Speak

 

Let the People Renew Their Strength, Come Near & Speak

Isaiah 41:1-29                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Keep [silent] before Me, O [coastal] islands & let the people renew their strength. Let them come near & then let them speak. Let us come [close] together [for justice.] 

[Isaiah 1:18 The Lord says, Come now & let us reason together. [Although] your sins [are like] scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. [Although] they [are] red like crimson, they shall be [white] [like] wool.] 

Who raised up the righteous man from the east & called him to His [feet] & gave the nations before him & made him rule over kings? He gave them [like] the dust to his sword & [like windblown] stubble to his bow. 

He pursued them & his feet passed [on] safely; even by the [road] that he hadn't [walked before.] Who has [brought this about] & done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, Am He, the First & the Last. 

[Revelation 21:12-13 And, [watch,] I come quickly & My reward is with Me & shall be to give every man according [to] his [deeds.] I Am [the] Alpha & [the] Omega, the Beginning & the End, the First & the Last.] 

The [coastal islands] & to the ends of the earth saw it and were afraid & came & drew [close.] Everyone helped his neighbor & everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 

So, the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith & he, [who smoothed it] with the hammer & him, [who struck] the anvil, saying, It's ready for soldering. And he, [who] fastened it with nails, [so] that it [couldn't] be moved. 

[Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver & gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they [don't] speak. They have eyes, but they [don't] see. They have ears, but they [don't] hear. They have noses, but they [don't] smell. They have hands, but they [don't feel.] 

They have feet, but they [don't] walk. Neither [do] they speak through their throat. [Those who] make them are [similar] to them & so is everyone, [who] trusts in them.] 

But you, Israel, are My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham, My friend. You, whom I have taken from the ends of the earth & called you from the [leaders of its] men & said to you, You are My servant; I have chosen you & [haven't] cast you away. 

[Don't] fear; for I am with you. [Don't be discouraged;] for I am your God. I will strengthen you. [Yes,] I will help you & I will uphold you with the right hand of My Righteousness. [Look.] all [those who] were [enraged] against you, shall be ashamed & [confused.] 

They shall be [like] nothing & [those who fight] with you shall perish. You shall seek them & shall not find them, even [those who fought] with you & [those] that [go to] war against you, shall be [like] nothing, [like it didn't exist.] 

For, I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, [Don't] fear. I will help you. [Don’t] fear, you worm, Jacob & you men of Israel, I will help you, says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. [Psalm 22:6 But I am a worm & no man, a [disgrace] of men & despised of the people.]

[Watch,] I will make you a new sharp threshing [tool with] teeth.You shall thresh the mountains & beat them small & shall make the hills like [stubble.] You shall fan them & the wind will carry them away & the [tornado] shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord & shall [boast] in the Holy One of Israel. 

When the poor & needy seek water & there [isn't any,] & their tongue fails for thirst, I, the Lord will hear them. I, the God of Israel, won't [abandon] them. I will open rivers, in high places & fountains, in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness, a pool of water & the dry land, springs of water. 

I will plant: Cedar, the Shittah tree, [a.k.a. Acacia,] the Myrtle & the Oil tree, [a.k.a. Olive tree] in the wilderness. I will [put] together the: Fir tree, [a.k.a. Cypress,] the Pine & Box tree, [a.k.a. Boxwood tree,] together in the desert: [so] that they may together see & know, [ponder] & understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this & the Holy One of Israel has created it. 

Produce your [case,] says the Lord. Bring [forward] your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob. [Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves together, come & draw [close,] you, [who have] escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their [carved] image & pray to a god that can't save.] 

Let them bring them [forward] & [show] us what shall happen. Let them [proclaim] the [previous] things & what they [are,] so that we may consider them & know the [final] end of them, or declare [to] us things to come. [Show] us the things that are to [happen] after [this, so] that we may know [whether] you are gods. 

[Yet,] do good, or do evil, [so] that we may [see] it together & that we may be dismayed. [Look,] you are nothing & your work is [nonexistent.] He, [who] chooses you is [detestable.] [Isaiah 44:9-11 [Those who] make a [carved] image, all of them are vanity. They [don't] see, nor know, [so] that they may be ashamed. And their [delicacies are] not [beneficial.] 

Who has formed a god, or [molded] an [engraved] image that is [beneficial] for nothing? [Look,] all his [companions] shall be ashamed & the workmen, are [only] men. Let them all be gathered together & let them stand up. [Still,] they shall [be afraid] & they shall be ashamed together.]

I have raised up [someone] from the north & he shall come from the [sunrise] & he shall call upon My Name. And he shall come [against] princes, [like] [cement blocks slammed] upon mortar & [like] a potter [stomps down] clay.

[Isaiah 10:6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation & I will give him an [order] against the people of My [anger,] to take the [plunder] & to take the [prize] & to [trample] them down like the [mud] of the streets.] 

Who has declared from the beginning, [so] that we may know? And [beforehand, so] that we may say, He is righteous? [Yes,] there [are] none that [show] & none that declare & none that hear your words.

[Isaiah 43:10 The Lord says, You are My witnesses & My servant, whom I have chosen: [so] that you may know & believe Me & understand that I Am He. Before Me, there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me.] 

The first shall say to Zion, [Look, see] them & will give to Jerusalem [someone who] brings good [news.] [Nahum 10:15 [Look,] upon the mountains, the feet of him, [who] brings good [news,] that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts & [carry out] your vows: for the wicked shall no [longer] pass through you.]

For I [saw] & there wasn't [any] man, even among them & there was no counselor, that when I asked them, could answer a word. [Look,] they are all vanity. Their works are nothing & their [molded] images are [confusion] & are [like] wind.