Thereforeלָכֵןtheir wayדַרְכָּםwill beיִהְיֶהto themלָהֶםlike slippery placesכַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹתin the darkness;בָּאֲפֵלָהthey will be driven onיִדַּחוּand fallוְנָפְלוּin it;בָהּforכִּיI will bringאָבִיאevilרָעָהupon them,עֲלֵיהֶםthe yearשְׁנַתof their punishment,פְּקֻדָּתָםdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה
Jeremiah 23:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.