Jeremiah 23:12

“Therefore their way will be to them like slippery places in the darkness; they will be driven on and fall in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their punishment, declares YHWH.”

Jeremiah 23:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Jeremiah 23:12, word by word

their wayדַרְכָּdarka

manner

The way one lives and acts.

Where else “darka” appears
will beיִהְיֶהyihye

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “yihye” appears
like slippery placesחֲלַקְלַקּוֹתchalaklakot

slippery place

Ground where the foot cannot hold.

Where else “chalaklakot” appears
in the darknessאֲפֵלָהafela

thick darkness

Very thick darkness.

Where else “afela” appears
they will be driven onיִדַּחוּyidachu

push down

To thrust someone down hard, so that he falls and cannot rise.

Where else “yidachu” appears
and fallנָפְלוּnaflu

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “naflu” appears
I will bringאָבִיאavi

bring

To bring something or someone.

Where else “avi” appears
evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
the yearשְׁנַתshenat

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

Where else “shenat” appears
of their punishmentפְּקֻדָּתָpekudata

punishment

When God calls to account: what falls on the guilty.

Where else “pekudata” appears
declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

Where else “neum” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears

The context

11“For both prophet and priest are godless; even in my house I have found their evil, declares YHWH.

12 · This verse (above)

13And in the prophets of Samaria I saw folly: they prophesied by Baal and led astray my people Israel.

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