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.

12/10/2024

Jeremiah 4:1-31 The Lord Says, Put Your False gods Out of My Sight & Return Back to Me

 

The Lord Says, Put Your False gods Out of My Sight & Return Back to Me

Jeremiah 4:1-31                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

The Lord says, If you will return, O Israel, return to Me. And if you will put away your abominations out of My sight, then you shall not [be] removed. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them [about] all their wickedness. [Those] who have [abandoned] Me & have burned incense to other gods & worshiped the works [made] of their own hands.]

And you shall swear, The Lord lives, in Truth, [Justice] & Righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in Him & shall [boast] themselves in Him. [Zechariah 8:8 And I will bring them & they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem & they shall be My people & I will be their God, in Truth & in Righteousness.] 

For the Lord says [this] to the men of Judah & Jerusalem, Break up your fallow, [unused] ground & [don't] sow [seed] among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart, you men of Judah & [residents] of Jerusalem: lest My fury [comes out] like fire & [burns, so] that none can [put it out,] because of the evil of your [actions.] 

You declare in Judah & [proclaim] in Jerusalem & say, You, blow the trumpet in the land & cry [out] & gather together & say, Assemble yourselves & let us go into the [fortified] cities. [Put] up the [banner] toward Zion. [Withdraw & don't] stay: for I will bring [disaster] from the North & great destruction.

The lion [has] come up from his [dense wooded area] & the [Gentiles'] destroyer is on his way. He [has] gone [out] from his place to make your land desolate. And your cities shall be [wastelands,] without [inhabitants.] [Ezekiel 26:9-10 And he shall [put battering rams for] war against your walls. 

And he shall break down your towers with his axes. [Because] of the abundance of his horses, their dust shall cover you. Your walls shall shake at the [sound] of the [galloping] horsemen & [of wagon] wheels & chariots, when he [enters] into your gates, [like] men enter into a city [in which there's] a [gap.]

[Because of] this, [strap yourselves] with sackcloth, [mourn] & howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord [hasn't] turned [away] from us. The Lord says, And it shall [happen on] that day, that the [king's] heart shall perish & the [hearts] of the princes & priests shall be astonished & the prophets shall wonder.

Then, I said, Ah, Lord God! Surely, You have greatly deceived this people & Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace, [while] the sword reaches to the soul. At that time, it shall be said to this people & Jerusalem, A dry wind [from] the high places in the wilderness, [shall come] toward the daughter of My people, not to fan, nor to cleanse.

A full wind from those places shall even come to Me. Now I will also give [a] sentence against them. [Look,] he shall come up [like] clouds & his chariots shall be [like] a whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! 

For we are [plundered.] O Jerusalem, [cleanse] your heart from wickedness, [so] that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts [stay] within you? [James 4:8 Draw [close] to God & He will draw [close] to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners & purify your hearts, you [two-faced.]

For a voice declares from Dan & [proclaims] affliction from Mount Ephraim. [Jeremiah 50:17 Israel [are] scattered sheep & the lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria has devoured him & last, this [Nebuchadnezzar,] has broken his bones.] 

You mention to the nations; [Look & proclaim] that watchers come from a far country against Jerusalem & their [voices cry] out against the cities of Judah. They [surround] against her, [like] keepers of the field; because she has been rebellious against Me, says the Lord. 

Your [path] & your [actions] have [acquired] these things [for] you. This is because your wickedness is bitter,  because it reaches into your heart. My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained [within] my heart. My heart makes a [sound within] me. 

O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you have heard, the trumpet sound the alarm of war. Destruction is cried [out,]  upon destruction, for the whole land is [plundered.] My tents are [plundered] suddenly & my curtains [are plundered] in a moment. 

How long shall I see the [banner] & hear the sound of the trumpet? For My people [are] foolish & they haven't known Me. They are [ignorant] children & they have [no] understanding & they are wise [at doing what is] evil, but they have no knowledge [about doing what is] good. 

I [saw] the earth & lo, it was without form & void. And [saw] the heavens & they had no light. I [looked at] the mountains & [look,] they trembled & all the hills moved [slightly.] 

[Isaiah 5:25 Therefore, the anger of the Lord [grew] against His people & He stretched [out] His hand against them & has [struck] them. And the hills [trembled] & their [corpses] were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger isn't turned away, but His hand is still out stretched.] 

I [looked,] & there wasn't [any] man & all the birds of the heavens [had] fled. [Zephaniah 1:3 I will consume man & [animals.] I will consume the [birds] of the heaven & the fishes of the sea & the stumbling blocks of the wicked. And I will cut off man from off the land, says the Lord.] 

I [saw] & [looked,] the [once] fruitful place was a wilderness & all [its] cities were broken down by the [Lord's] fierce anger & His presence. For the Lord has said [this,] The whole land shall be desolate, yet I will not make a [total] end [of it.] [Jeremiah 5:10-13 You go up upon her walls & destroy. 

Take away her [fortifications,] for they aren't the Lord's; but [don't] make a [total] end [of it.] For the [houses] of Israel & Judah have [behaved] very treacherously against Me, says the Lord. 

They have [lied against] the Lord & said, It isn't He & Neither shall evil come upon us & Neither shall we see [the] sword, nor famine. And the [Lord's] Word isn't in them & [these] shall be done to them & the prophets shall become wind.] 

For the earth & the heavens above shall [be] black & mourn this: because I have spoken it. I have [intended] it & won't [withdraw,] neither will I turn back from it. The whole city shall flee, [because of the sound] of the horsemen & [archers.] They shall go into the [dense wooded area] & climb up upon the rocks.

Every city shall be [abandoned,] & [no] man [shall] dwell [there.] And what will you do, when you are [plundered?] [Although] you clothe yourself with crimson, [decorate] yourself with gold ornaments & [paint] your face, you shall make yourself [attractive] in vain. Your lovers will despise you & they will seek your life. 

[Ezekiel 6:9 And [those who] escape of you shall remember Me among the nations [where] they shall be carried [captive,] because I am [shattered] by their [unfaithful] heart, [that] has departed from Me. And go after their idols, with their eyes, [like unfaithful harlots.] And they shall loathe themselves for the [evil] they have committed [through] all their abominations.] 

For I have heard  a voice [like] of a woman in [labor] & [like] the anguish of her, [who delivers] her 1st child. The voice of the daughter of Zion, [who,] herself [grieves] & [spreads] her hands [out,] saying, Woe is me now! For my soul is weared because of the murderers. 

[Psalm 106:36-38 And they served their idols: [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons] & shed the blood [of] the innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan & the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.]