Jeremiah 23:12

Translations

Modern

“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Traditional

Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

Literal

“Therefore their way shall be for them as slippery; into the darkness they will be driven away and fall in it! For I will bring on them disaster, the year of their punishment,” a declaration of YHWH.

Latin

Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: afferam enim super eos mala, annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Notes

Jeremiah 23:12

Because of their wickedness, these priests and prophets would have unstable lives; danger would fill every moment.

Jeremiah 23:9–32

These short poems and interjections seem to be parts of a session where the Lord prepared Jeremiah to confront the false prophets of Jerusalem. These leaders misused the Lord's name, which made him angry (Exodus 20:7).

Theme notes and profiles

Basic Laws

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

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But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Psalm 73:18
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
Isaiah 8:22
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Jeremiah 48:44
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Exodus 32:34
Now go, lead the people to the place I described. Behold, My angel shall go before you. But on the day I settle accounts, I will punish them for their sin.”
John 12:35
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1 John 2:11
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The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.

Glossary

Adultery Book of Jeremiah Mediate, Mediator Prophet, Prophetess

Topics

Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Corrupt Years: (Of Visitation) Severe Judgments

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