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.

3/06/2025

Ezekiel 34:1-31 The Shepherds of Israel Don't Take Care of Their Flock

 

The Shepherds of Israel Don't Take Care of Their Flock

Ezekiel 34:1-31             The Book of Ezekiel [in Smaller Chunks]

And the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel & say to them, The Lord God says [this;] to the shepherds; We be to the shepherds of Israel, [who] feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the flocks? 

[Jeremiah 23:1-2 The Lord says, Woe be to the pastors, [who] destroy & scatter the sheep of My pasture! Therefore, the Lord God of Israel says [this;] against the pastors, [who] feed My people. You have scattered My flock & driven them away & haven't visited them. [Watch,] I will visit you [with] the evil of your [actions,] says the Lord.]

You eat the fat & you clothe [yourselves] with the wool. You kill [those] that are fed, but you [don't] feed the flock. You haven't strengthened the diseased, & neither have you healed [those, that] were sick. Neither have you [bandaged] up [what] was broken. 

Neither have you brought again, [those that] were driven away. Neither have you [searched for those that were] lost. But you have ruled them with force & cruelty. 

[Luke 15:4-7 What man of you, having 100 sheep & if he [loses] 1 of them, doesn't leave the 99 in the wilderness & go after that which is lost, until he [finds] it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends & neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say to you, that [the same] joy shall be in heaven over 1 sinner, [who] repents, more than over 99 just [people, who] need no repentance.] 

And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd & they became meat [for] all the [wild animals] of the field, when they were scattered. [Mark 6:34 And Jesus, when He came out, saw [many] people & was moved with compassion toward them, because they were [like] sheep, not having a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.]

My sheep wandered through all the mountains & upon every high hill. [Yes,] My flock was scattered upon all the [surface] of the earth & [no one searched,] or [looked for] them. [Isaiah 53:5-7 But He was wounded for our [sins] & He was bruised for our iniquities. 

The [discipline for] our peace was upon Him & with His stripes [of the whip,] we are healed. All we, like sheep, have gone astray. Everyone of [us,] have turned to his own way. And the Lord has laid on Him, the iniquity of us all. 

He was oppressed & He was afflicted, [still] He didn't open His mouth. He is brought [like] a lamb to the slaughter & [like] a sheep is [mute] before her shearers, so He [doesn't] open His mouth.] 

Therefore, you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord. The Lord God says, As I Live, surely, because My flock became a prey & became meat [for] every [wild animal] of the field, because there was no shepherd, & neither did My shepherds search for My flock. 

But the shepherds fed themselves & [didn't feed] My flock. Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the Word of the Lord. The Lord God says [this; Watch,] I Am against the shepherds & I will require My flock at their hand & cause them to [stop] from feeding the flock. ] 

Neither shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore. For I will deliver My flock from their mouth, [so] that they may not be meat for them. [Jeremiah 23:21-22 I haven't sent these prophets, & [still] they ran.

I haven't spoken to them, & [still] they prophesied. But if they stood in My counsel & had caused My people to hear My Words, then they [could] have turned them from their evil [ways] & evil [actions.

For The Lord God says [this; Look,] I, even I, will both search [for] My sheep & seek them out. [Like] a Shepherd, [Who,] seeks out His sheep [on] the day that He is among His sheep that are scattered. So, I will seek out My sheep & will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered [on] the cloudy & dark day.

[Jeremiah 23:3 And I will gather the [rest] of My flock out of all countries [where] I have driven them, & will bring them again to their [flocks.] And they shall be fruitful & increase.]

And I will bring them out from the people & gather them from the countries & I will bring them to their own land & feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the rivers & all the inhabited places of the country. 

[Jeremiah 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them, [who] shall feed them. And they shall no [longer] fear, nor be [discouraged.] Neither shall they be lacking [what is needed,] says the Lord.] 

I will feed them in a good pasture & their [flock] shall be upon the high mountains of Israel. They shall lie there in a good [flock] & they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel, in a [rich] pasture. I will feed My flock & I will [make] them to lie down, says the Lord God.

[John 10:9-11 I Am the Door. If any man [enters] in [through] Me, he shall be saved & shall go in & out, & find pasture. The thief [only] comes to steal; kill; & to destroy. I [have] come [so] that they might have life & that they may have it more abundantly. I Am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.] 

I will seek, [what] was lost & bring again, [what] was driven away, & will [bandage] up, [what] was broken & will strengthen, [those] which [are] sick. But I will destroy the fat & the strong. [Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jehurun, [a.k.a. Israel, grew] fat, [a.k.a. well-fed & complacent,] & kicked, [a.k.a. rebelled.] 

You [have grown] fat & you are thick & covered with fatness. Then he, [a.k.a. Israelites, abandoned] God, [Who] made him, & lightly esteemed, [a.k.a. didn't respect,] the Rock of his Salvation.]

And I will feed them with [justice.] [Matthew 18:11 For the Son of Man, [has] come to save that which was lost.] 

The Lord God says, [this;] And for you, O My flock, [watch,] I judge between cattle, [a.k.a. livestock] & cattle, and between the rams & the [male] goats. [Matthew 25:31-34 When the Son of Man shall come in His glory & the Holy Angels with Him, then He shall sit upon the throne of His glory. And before Him shall be gathered all nations. 

And He shall separate them one from another, [like] a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand [side] & the goats on the left. Then, the King shall say to [those] on His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.] 

It [may] seem a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but must you [trample] down the [rest] of your pastures with your feet? And to [those who] have drunk of the deep waters, must you foul [up, a.k.a. muddy] the [remaining] [waters] with your feet? 

And as for My flock, they eat [what] you have [trampled] down with your feet & they drink, [what] you have [muddied] with your feet. Therefore, The Lord God says [this;] to them, [Look,] I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the [thin] cattle. 

You have scattered them abroad, because you have [butted] with [your] side & with [your] shoulder & pushed all the diseased with your horns. Therefore, I will save My flock & they shall no [longer] be a prey. And I will judge between cattle & cattle. 

[Jeremiah 23:5-8 *The Lord says, [Watch,] the days come, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch & a King shall [rule] & prosper & shall [carry out] judgment & justice [on] the earth. *In His days, Judah shall be saved & Israel shall dwell safely. 

And this is His Name, [by which] He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, [look,] the days come, says the Lord, that they shall no [longer] say, The Lord lives, [Who] brought up the children [people] of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 

But, The Lord lives, [Who] brought up & [Who] led the [descendants] of the house of Israel out of the North country & from all countries [where] I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.] 

And I will set up one shepherd over them, & he shall feed them, even My servant, David. He shall feed them & he shall be their shepherd. [Hebrews 13:20-21 Now, the God of Peace, [Who] brought our Lord Jesus, again from the dead, that Great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant [contract.] 

Make [yourselves perfected] in every good work, to do His will, working in you, [what] is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to Whom be glory forever & ever. Amen.]

And I, the Lord, will be their God & My servant, David, [will be] a prince among them. I, the Lord, have spoken it. And I will make with them a covenant [contract] of peace & will cause the [wild animals] to [stop] out of the land. And they shall dwell safely in the wilderness & they shall sleep in the woods. 

[Ezekiel 37:26 [Additionally,] I will make a covenant of peace with them & it shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them & multiply them & will [put] My sanctuary in the midst of them forever more.] 

And I will make them & all the places [all around] My hill, a blessing. And I will cause the [rain] showers to come down in [its] season & showers of [blessings,] shall be there. [Leviticus 26:1-4 You shall [not] make [yourselves any] idols, nor [carved images.] 

Neither [shall] you [put] up a standing image & neither shall you [put] up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it. For I Am the Lord your God. You shall keep My Sabbaths & [respect] My sanctuary. 

I Am the Lord. If you [follow] in My [mandates,] & keep My commandments & do them; then I will give you rain in due season & the land shall yield her [increased produce,] & the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.]

And the tree of the field shall yield [its] fruit & the earth shall yield [its increased produce.] And they shall be safe in their land & shall know that I Am the Lord, when I have broken bands of their yoke, [a.k.a. oppression,] & delivered them out of the hand, [a.k.a. under the control,] of those, [who] [made them] serve [them.] 

[Isaiah 4:2 [On] that day, the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful & glorious. And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent & [pretty] for [those,] of Israel, [who] have escaped.] 

And they shall no [longer] be a prey to the heathen & neither shall the [wild animals] of the land devour them. But they shall dwell safely & [no one] shall make them afraid. 

And I will raise a plant of [honor] for them & they shall no [longer] be consumed with hunger in the land, & neither [carry] the shame of the heathen anymore. [Isaiah 11:1-4 *And there shall come [out] a rod out of the stem of Jesse & a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 

*And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him: the Spirit of wisdom & understanding; the Spirit of counsel & [strength;] & the Spirit of knowledge & the fear [respect] of the Lord, and shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear [respect] of the Lord. 

And He shall not judge, [according to what] His eyes [see,] & neither [reprimand according to what] His ears [ear.] But He shall judge the poor with righteousness & [repay] the meek of the earth with equity. And He shall [strike] the earth with the rod [from] His mouth. And with the breath of His lips, He shall slay the wicked.]

[Like this,] they shall know that I, the Lord, their God, Am with them & that they, even the house of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God. And you, My flock, the flock of My pasture, are men, & I Am your God, says the Lord God.