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.

12/15/2024

Jeremiah 9:1-26 Everyone Will Deceive His Neighbor & Not Speak the Truth

 

Everyone Will Deceive His Neighbor & Not Speak the Truth 

Jeremiah 9:1-26                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Oh, that my head were [full of] waters & [my] eyes a fountain of tears, [so] that I might weep day & night for [those killed] of the daughter of my people! Oh, that I had a lodging place [for wandering] men in the wilderness; [so] that I might leave my people & go from them! For they [are] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

[Jeremiah 23:13-14 And I have seen [foolishness] in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied [about] Baal & caused My people, Israel, to [go astray.] I also have seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem. 

They commit adultery & [follow] in lies. They also strengthen the hands of [those who do evil, so] that none return from his wickedness. They are all of them to Me, [like] Sodom & the [residents] of Gomorrah.]

And they bend their tongues [like] their [archer's] bow, for lies: but they are not valiant [about] the truth upon the earth. For they [go] from evil to evil & [don't] know Me, says the Lord. [Isaiah 59:3-4 For your hands are defiled with [bloodshed] & your fingers with [sin.] 

Your lips have spoken lies & your tongue has [expressed what is wicked.] None call for justice, nor [do] any plead for truth. They trust in [what is] vanity & speak lies. They [devise plots of evil] & [brings about] [what is sinful.]

Everyone [pay attention to] his neighbor & [don't] trust in any brother. For every brother will [totally undermine] & every neighbor will [follow with those who slander.] And everyone will deceive his neighbor & won't speak the truth. 

They have taught their tongue to speak lies & [tire] themselves [by committing] [what is sinful.] Your [residence] is in the midst of deceit. They refuse to know Me, through deceit, says the Lord. 

[Jeremiah 17:9-10 Above all things, the heart is deceitful & desperately wicked. Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart & I [test the heart strings,] even to give [to] every man, according to his ways & according to the fruit of his [actions.]

Therefore, the Lord of Hosts says [this, Look,] I will melt them & I will [test] them. For [what] shall I do for the daughter of My people? Their tongue is [like] an arrow shot out. It speaks [what is] deceit. [Someone] speaks [peacefully] to his neighbor with his mouth, but in [his] heart, he lays [in] wait [to ambush.] 

[Psalm 12:2-3 [Those who] speak [what is] vanity, everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips & they speak with a [2 faced] heart. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips & the tongue that speaks [arrogant] things.] 

The Lord says, [Shouldn't] I [punish] them for these things? [Shouldn't] My soul be avenged on a nation such as this? For I will take up weeping & wailing [on] the mountains & [I will] [mourn] for the [dwellings] of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that none can [cross] through them & neither can men hear the [sound] of the [livestock.] 

Both the [birds] of the heavens & the [animals have] fled & they are gone. And I will make Jerusalem [ruinous] heaps & dens for [jackals] & desolate, without [inhabitants.] Who is the wise man, [who] may understand this And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken [so] that he may declare [why] the land perishes & is burned up like a wilderness, that [no one] passes through? 

[Isaiah 65:7 The Lord says, Your [sins] & the [sins] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains & blasphemed Me upon the hills. Therefore, I will measure into their [chest, according] to [their [previous deeds.]

And the Lord says, Because they have [abandoned] My Law, [that] I [put] before them & haven't obeyed My voice & neither [followed in them.] But [they] have [followed] after the imagination of their own heart, & after Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal, that] their [forefathers] taught them.

Therefore, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this; Look,] I will feed them, even this people with wormwood & give them [the bitter] water of gall to drink. I will also scatter them among the heathen, whom neither they, nor their [forefathers] have known. And I will send a sword after them, [until] I have consumed them. 

[Deuteronomy 28:64 And the Lord shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth, even to the other. And there, you shall serve other gods, [that] neither you, nor your [forefathers] have known, even of wood & stone.] 

The Lord of Hosts says [this,] You consider & call for the women [in] mourning, [so] that they may come & send for [skillful] women, [so] that they may come. And let them [hurry] & [start] wailing for us, [so] that our tears [from] our eyes may run down & waters [from] our eyelids gush out. For a [sound] of wailing is heard out of Zion, How we are [plundered!] 

We are greatly [ashamed,] because we have [abandoned] the land, because [we] have [been] cast out [of] our dwellings. Yet, hear the Word of the Lord, O you women & let your ear receive the Word of His mouth & teach your daughters wailing & everyone [teach] his neighbor [grieving.] 

For [the signs of] death [have] come up into our windows & [has] entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from [the outside] & the young men from the streets. The Lord says [this, Say,] Even the [corpses] of men shall fall [like feces] upon the open field & [like] the handful after the [harvesters] & none shall gather them. 

The Lord says [this, Don't] let the wise man [boast] in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man [boast] in his [strength] & [don't] let the rich man [boast] in his riches. But let him, [who boasts, boast] in this, that he understands & knows Me, that I Am the Lord, [Who delivers:] loving kindness, [justice] & righteousness [on] the earth. For I delight in these things, says the Lord. 

[Watch,] the days come, says the Lord, that I will punish all [those who] are circumcised [along] with the uncircumcised. [Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart, you men of Jerusalem: lest My fury [comes out] like fire & [burns, so] that [no one] can [put it out,] because of the evil of your [actions.]

[From:] Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children [people] of Ammon & Moab & all [who] are in the [furthest] corners & [those who] dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised & all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in [their hearts.]    

[Colossians 2:8-11 Beware, lest any man spoil you through philosophy & [what is] vain deceit, after the [traditions] of men & after the [world's principles] & not after Christ. For [all] the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him.

And you are complete in Him, [Who] is the Head of all Principality & power. In Whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, [by] putting off the [sinful] body of flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.]