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.

1/02/2025

Jeremiah 27:1-22 God Says, Don't Listen to the Prophets Who Lie

 

God Says, Don't Listen to the Prophets Who Lie

Jeremiah 27:1-22                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

In the beginning of the [rule] of Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah's] king, this Word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, The Lord [said this,] to me; Make [yourself] bonds & yokes, [a.k.a. chains & stocks] & put them upon your neck. [Jeremiah 28:10 Then, Hananiah, the prophet, took the [stocks] from off [Jeremiah, the prophet's] neck & [broke] it.] 

And [He] sent them to the [kings of:] Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyrus, [a.k.a. Tyre,] & Zidon, [a.k.a. Sidon,] by the [messengers' hands, who came] to Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, [in] Jerusalem. 

Command them to say to their masters, The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says [this;] You shall say [this] to your masters; I have made the earth & man & the [animals] that are upon the ground, by My great power & by My outstretched arm & have given it to whom it seemed [appropriate] to Me. 

And now, I have given all these lands & I have also given him, the [animals] of the field into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, My servant, to serve him. And all nations shall serve [Nebuchadnezzar] & his son & his son's son, until the [exact] time his [own] land [comes.] 

And then, many nations & great kings, shall [make] him serve [them.] 

[2 Chronicles 36:20 And [those who] escaped from the sword, [that] he carried away to Babylon; where they were servants to him & his sons until the [rule] of the kingdom of Persia.] 

The Lord says, And it shall [happen,] that the nation & kingdom [that] won't serve Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king & won't put their neck under the yoke, [a.k.a. oppression] of [Babylon's] king & I will punish that nation with: sword, famine & pestilence, until I have [destroyed] them, by his hand. 

Therefore, [don't pay attention] to your: prophets, diviners, dreamers, enchanters, [a.k.a. soothsayers & fortune tellers,] nor to your sorcerers, [who] speak to you, saying, You shall not serve [Babylon's] king. For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you, far from your land. And [so] that I should drive you out, [so] you should perish.

[Jeremiah 23:32 The Lord says, [Look,] I am against [those who] prophesy false dreams & tell them & cause My people to [go astray] by their lies & by their [indifference,] yet I [didn't send] them, nor [command] them. Therefore, they shall not [benefit] this people at all, says the Lord.]

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke, [a.k.a. oppression] of [Babylon's] king, & serve him, I will let those still remain in their own land & they shall till it & dwell [in it,] says the Lord. I [spoke] to Zedekiah, [Judah's] king, according to all these Words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of [Babylon's] king & serve him & his people & live. 

Why will you & your people die by the: sword, famine & pestilence, [like] the Lord has spoken against the nation that won't serve [Babylon's] king? Therefore, [don't pay attention] to the words of the prophets, [who] speak to you, saying, You shall not serve [Babylon's] king: for they prophesy a lie to you. For I haven't sent them, says the Lord. 

[Still,] they prophesy a lie in My Name, [so] that I might drive you out & that you & the prophets [who] prophesy to you might perish. I also [spoke] to the priests & to all this people, saying, The Lord says this; [Don't pay attention] to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, saying, [Look] now, the vessels of the Lord's house shall [soon] be brought again from Babylon. For they prophesy a lie to you. 

[Don't listen] to them, [but] serve [Babylon's] king & live. [Why] would this city be [destroyed?] But, if they [are] prophets & the Word of the Lord [is] with them, let them now [plead] to the Lord of Hosts, [so] that the vessels [that] are left in the [Lord's] house & in the house of the king of Judah & Jerusalem, not go to Babylon. 

For the Lord of Hosts says [this about] the: pillars, [brass] sea, the bases & the [rest] of the vessels that remain in this city, [so that] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, [doesn't take them,] when he carried away Jeconiah, [Jehoiakim's] son, [Judah's] king, [with] all the nobles of Judah & Jerusalem, captive from [Judah &] Jerusalem to Babylon. 

[2 Kings 24:14 And he carried away all Jerusalem & all the princes, the mighty men of valor, even 10,000 captives & the craftsmen & [blacksmiths] & none remained [except] the poorest [type] of people of the land.] 

[Yet,] the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel says [this about] the vessels that remain in the [Lord's] house & the house of the king of Judah & [in] Jerusalem; They shall be carried to Babylon & they shall be there until the day that I visit them, says the Lord. Then, I will bring them up & restore them to this place.  

[Ezra 1:7-8 Also, king Cyrus brought [out] the vessels of the [Lord's] house, [that] Nebuchadnezzar brought out of Jerusalem & had put them in the house of his gods. Even those, king Cyrus of Persia, [brought out] by the hand of Mithredath, the treasurer & [counted] them [out] to Sheshbazzar, [Judah's] prince.]