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Jeremiah 23:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Jeremiah 23:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 23:1217 words
HebrewMeaning
לָ/כֵן֩lākēn
thereforepronH3651
after that (this · -wards) · as... as · asmuch as yet ···
יִֽהְיֶ֨הyihəyeh
it will becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
דַרְכָּ֜/םdarəkām
path theirnounH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
לָ/הֶ֗םlāhem
pron
כַּ/חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙kaḥălaqəlaqwōt
like slippery placespronH2519
slippery
בָּֽ/אֲפֵלָ֔הbāʾăpēlāh
in the darknesspronH653
darkness · gloominess · thick
יִדַּ֖חוּyidaḥw
they will be pushed downverbH1760
drive away · overthrow · outcast · sore ···
וְ/נָ֣פְלוּwənāpəlw
and they will fallconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
בָ֑/הּbāh
pron
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָבִ֨יאʾābiyʾ
I will bringverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
עֲלֵי/הֶ֥םʿălēyhem
on thempronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רָעָ֛הrāʿāh
calamitynounH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
שְׁנַ֥תšənat
the year ofnounH8141
whole age · long · old
פְּקֻדָּתָ֖/םpəqudātām
punishment theirnounH6486
charge · custody · that which...laid up · numbers ···
נְאֻםnəʾum
the utterance ofnounH5002
saith
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Adam SmithNote1mo ago
Trusting God's timing - Jeremiah 23
What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. When we read this alongside the surrounding chapters, the narrative arc becomes clear: God is always working redemption, even in the darkest moments. ...
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