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.

1/01/2025

Jeremiah 26:1-24 Jeremiah is Seized by the Priests, Prophets & People

 

Jeremiah is Seized by the Priests, Prophets & People

Jeremiah 26:1-24                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

In the beginning of the [rule] of Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah's] king, this Word came from the Lord, saying, The Lord says [this;] Stand in the [courtyard] of the [Lord's] house & speak all the Words that I command you to speak to them & [don't] diminish a Word: to all the cities of Judah, [who] come to worship in the Lord's house. 

If they will [pay attention,] & every man [turns] from his evil [ways,] that I may [withdraw from] the evil, which I [intend] to do to them, because of the evil of their [actions.] 

And you shall say to them, The Lord says [this;] If you won't [pay attention] to Me, to [follow] in My Law, [that] I have [put] before you, to [listen] to the Words of My servants, the prophets, whom I sent to you, both rising early [to warn] & sending them, but you haven't [listened.] 

Then, I will make this house like Shiloh & will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. [Psalm 78:58-60 For they provoked Him to anger with their high places & moved Him to jealousy with their [carved] images. When God heard this, He was [furious] & greatly [loathed] Israel, so that He [abandoned] the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [that] He placed among men.]

So, the priests, prophets & all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these Words in the [Lord's] house. Now, it [happened,] when Jeremiah had [finished] speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to [say] to all the people, priests & the prophets, the people [seized] him, saying, You shall surely die. 

Why have you prophesied in the Name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh & this city shall be desolate, without [inhabitants?] And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the [Lord's] house. [Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem [ruinous] heaps & a den for [jackals. And I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without [inhabitants.] 

When the princes of Judah heard these things, they then came up from the king's house to the [Lord's] house & sat down in the [entrance] of the New Gate of the Lord's house. 

Then, the priests & prophets [spoke] to the princes & to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he has prophesied against this city, [like] you have heard with your ears. Then, Jeremiah [spoke] to all the princes & all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house & against this city, all the Words that you have heard. 

Therefore, now [change] your ways & your [actions] & obey the voice of the Lord your God. And the Lord will [withdraw from] the evil that He has [announced] against you. [Joel 2:12-13 The Lord says, Therefore, you shall also now [return,] even to Me with all your heart & with fasting, weeping & mourning. 

And [tear] your heart & not your [clothing] & [return] to the Lord your God: for He is gracious & merciful, slow to anger, [with] great kindness & [He] [may] [withdraw] the [disaster.] 

[Look,] as for me, I'm in your hand. Do with me [what] seems good & [right] to you. But, know for certain that if You put me to death, you shall surely bring innocent [bloodshed] upon yourselves, this city & [its residents.] For [truthfully,] the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these Words in your ears. Then, the princes & all the people said to the priests & prophets, This man isn't worthy of [death.] For he has spoken to us in the Name of the Lord our God. 

Then [some] of the elders of the land rose up & spoke to all the assembly of people, saying, Micah, the Morasthite, prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, [Judah's] king & [spoke] to all the people of Judah, saying, The Lord of Hosts says [this,] Zion shall be plowed like a field & Jerusalem shall become [ruinous] heaps & the mountain [by the Lord's] house, [like] the high places of a forest. 

Did Hezekiah, [Judah's] king & all Judah put [Micah] to death? Didn't he fear [respect] the Lord & [pleaded with] the Lord & the Lord [withdrew] the evil, [that] He had [declared] against them? [As a result of this,] we might [bring on] great evil against our [lives.] [Jeremiah 18:8 If that nation, against whom I have [announced, turns] from their evil, I will [withdraw] the evil that I thought to do to them.] 

And there was also a man, who prophesied in the Name of the Lord. Urijah, son of Shemaiah [from] Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city & this land, according to all the Words of Jeremiah. And when king Jehoiakim, with all his mighty men & all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death. 

But when Urijah heard it, he was afraid & fled & went into Egypt. And king Jehoiakim sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan, [Achbor's] son & [some] men with him into Egypt. 

And they [got] Urijah out of Egypt & brought him to king Jehoiakim, who [struck] him [down,] with the sword & [threw] his dead body [onto] the graves of the common people. [Still,] the hand of Ahikam, [Shaphan's] son, was with Jeremiah, [so] that they shouldn't give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. 

[Jeremiah 39:14 They even sent & took Jeremiah out of the [courtyard] of the prison & [had him turned over] to Gedaliah, [Ahikam's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, [so] that he [would] carry [Jeremiah] home, so he dwelt among the people.]