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The term itself may not frequently appear in English translations of the Bible, but the imagery of slopes, hills, and valleys is prevalent throughout the Scriptures.<br><br><b>Geographical Context</b><br><br>The topography of the biblical lands is characterized by a variety of slopes, from the gentle inclines of the Judean hills to the steep descents into the Jordan Valley. These geographical features played a significant role in the daily lives of the people, influencing agriculture, travel, and military strategy. For instance, the Israelites often had to navigate these slopes during their journeys, as seen in the account of their entrance into the Promised Land.<br><br><b>Spiritual and Moral Implications</b><br><br>The imagery of a slope is sometimes used to illustrate the ease with which one can descend into sin or moral compromise. This metaphorical use underscores the biblical teaching that spiritual vigilance is necessary to maintain one's faith and righteousness. The concept of a "slippery slope" is echoed in various passages that warn against the dangers of gradual moral decline.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b><br><br>While the specific term "slope" may not be directly cited in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is implicit in several passages. For example, in <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18</a>, the psalmist reflects on the precarious position of the wicked: "Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down to ruin." This verse highlights the instability and danger associated with a life of sin, akin to standing on a slippery slope.<br><br>In the New Testament, the idea of a slope can be related to the teachings of Jesus regarding the narrow and wide paths. In <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a>, Jesus warns, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." The broad road can be likened to a gentle slope leading to destruction, emphasizing the ease of falling away from righteousness.<br><br><b>Practical Applications</b><br><br>The metaphor of a slope serves as a cautionary reminder for believers to remain steadfast in their faith. It encourages Christians to be aware of the subtle temptations and compromises that can lead to spiritual decline. By staying grounded in Scripture and maintaining a close relationship with God, believers can avoid the dangers of the "slippery slope" and continue on the path of righteousness.<br><br>In summary, while the term "slope" may not be explicitly mentioned in the Bible, its metaphorical implications are woven throughout the biblical narrative, offering valuable lessons on the importance of spiritual vigilance and the consequences of moral decline.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.<p>2. (<I>v. i.</I>) Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Sloping.<p>4. (<I>adv.</I>) In a sloping manner.<p>5. (<I>v. t.</I>) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.<p>7. (<I>v. i.</I>) To depart; to disappear suddenly.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2827.htm"><span class="l">2827. klino -- to cause to bend</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A primary verb; to slant or <b>slope</b>, ie Incline or recline (literally or figuratively) --<br> bow (down), be far spent, lay, turn to flight, wear away. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2827.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2824.htm"><span class="l">2824. klima -- a region</span></a> <br><b>...</b> part, region. From klino; a <b>slope</b>, ie (specially) a "clime" or tract of country --<br> part, region. see GREEK klino. (klimasi) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2824.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4174.htm"><span class="l">4174. morad -- a descent, <b>slope</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 4173, 4174. morad. 4175 . a descent, <b>slope</b>. Transliteration: morad Phonetic<br> Spelling: (mo-rawd') Short Definition: descent. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4174.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/794.htm"><span class="l">794. ashedah -- a foundation, (mountain) <b>slope</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 793, 794. ashedah. 795 . a foundation, (mountain) <b>slope</b>. Transliteration: ashedah<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ash-ay-daw') Short Definition: slopes. Word Origin fem <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/794.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/793.htm"><span class="l">793. eshed -- a foundation, bottom, lower part</span></a><br><b>...</b> 792, 793. eshed. 794 . a foundation, bottom, lower part. Transliteration:<br> eshed Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-shed) Short Definition: <b>slope</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/793.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8219.htm"><span class="l">8219. shephelah -- lowland</span></a><br><b>...</b> low country, low plain, vale. From shaphel; Lowland, ie (with the article) the maritime<br> <b>slope</b> of Palestine -- low country, (low) plain, vale(-ley). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8219.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4608.htm"><span class="l">4608. maaleh -- an ascent</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from alah Definition an ascent NASB Word Usage ascent (9),<br> platform (1), <b>slope</b> (1), stairway (4), upper section (1). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4608.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3802.htm"><span class="l">3802. katheph -- shoulder, shoulder blade, side</span></a><br><b>...</b> shoulder, shoulder blade, side NASB Word Usage backs (1), flank (1), hands (1),<br> next (1), shoulder (19), shoulders (7), side (26), sides (3), <b>slope</b> (4), slopes <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3802.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xx_the_treasure_cave.htm"><span class="l">The Treasure Cave</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But presently, up from the southern <b>slope</b>, rose the sound he had heard some minutes<br> before"a long, quavering note, ending in a high eery wail. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xx the treasure cave.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xxxvii_the_great_confession.htm"><span class="l">The Great Confession - the Great Commission - the Great <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> We next pass through olive-groves and up a gentle <b>slope</b>. <b>...</b> And from Dan olive-groves<br> and oak-glades <b>slope</b> up to Banias, or C??sarea Philippi. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xxxvii the great confession.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_vi_dawn_in_the.htm"><span class="l">Dawn in the Hills</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Both were walking slowly and the old man seemed to be examining the farther <b>slope</b>,<br> as if meditating a halt. Julian got upon his feet and watched. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter vi dawn in the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_iii_the_shepherd_of.htm"><span class="l">The Shepherd of Pella</span></a> <br><b>...</b> can run when spurred by desperation, and the other, lamely but doggedly, as an old<br> determined man, rushed down the rough side of the <b>slope</b>, leaped into the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../miller/the city of delight/chapter iii the shepherd of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_ix_the_collar_of.htm"><span class="l">The Collar of Gold</span></a> <br><b>...</b> All day long the children came staggering up from the Nile, laden with dripping<br> hides, or returned in a free and ragged line down the green <b>slope</b> of the field <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter ix the collar of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/johnson/the_new_testament_commentary_vol_iii_john/the_adulterous_woman.htm"><span class="l">The Adulterous Woman.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> constructed of branches as was the custom at this feast, possibly to the loved home<br> of Lazarus and his sisters which was situated on the farther <b>slope</b> of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/the adulterous woman.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/the_last_talk_together.htm"><span class="l">The Last Talk Together.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Holy Spirit The Last Talk Together. A little group of men were climbing<br> the winding path that led up Olivet's <b>slope</b>. The Master <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the last talk together.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/memories_of_bethany/xviii_palm_branches.htm"><span class="l">Palm Branches.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Temple and the more northern portions are hid by the <b>slope</b> of Olivet on the<br> right; what is seen is only Mount Zion, covered with houses to its base <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xviii palm branches.htm</font><p><a href="/library/macduff/the_cities_of_refuge_or_the_name_of_jesus/ii_six_cities.htm"><span class="l">Six Cities</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Land, with its orchards of olive, fig, and pomegranate, and its flocks of<br> singing-birds, which have made the inhabitants give to the graceful <b>slope</b> on which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../macduff/the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/ii six cities.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_valley_of_achor.htm"><span class="l">The Valley of Achor</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that juts across it, and there is barely room for the broken ledge yielding slippery<br> footing between the beetling crag above and the steep <b>slope</b> beneath that <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the valley of achor.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/slope.htm"><span class="l"><b>Slope</b> (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (vt) To form with a <b>slope</b>; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct<br> obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to <b>slope</b> the ground in a garden; to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slope.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nain.htm"><span class="l">Nain (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is identified with the village called Nein, standing on the north-western <b>slope</b><br> of Jebel ed-Duhy (=the "hill Moreh" = "Little hermon"), about 4 miles from <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nain.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/incline.htm"><span class="l">Incline (38 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (vt) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning,<br> bend, or <b>slope</b> to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/incline.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rushing.htm"><span class="l">Rushing (61 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp<br><b>slope</b> into the sea and came to their end in the water. (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rushing.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pitch.htm"><span class="l">Pitch (25 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 12. (vi) To fix one's choice; -- with on or upon. 13. (vi) To plunge or fall; esp.,<br> to fall forward; to decline or <b>slope</b>; as, to pitch from a precipice; the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pitch.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/batter.htm"><span class="l">Batter (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (n.) A backward <b>slope</b> in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding <b>slope</b>. 8.<br> (vi) To <b>slope</b> gently backward. 9. (n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/batter.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sharp.htm"><span class="l">Sharp (115 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp<br><b>slope</b> into the sea and came to their end in the water. (BBE). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sharp.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slopes.htm"><span class="l">Slopes (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 34:11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain;<br> and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the <b>slope</b> of the sea of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slopes.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm"><span class="l">Saul (371 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The Philistines once more invaded the land, and gathered their army between Shochoh<br> and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim, on the southern <b>slope</b> of the valley of Elah. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/saul.htm - 76k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/endor.htm"><span class="l">Endor (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> with the modern village of Endur, "a dirty hamlet of some twenty houses, or rather<br> huts, most of them falling to ruin," on the northern <b>slope</b> of Little Hermon <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/endor.htm - 12k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/slippery-slope-sin.html">In what ways is sin a slippery slope? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Mount-of-Olives.html">What happened on the Mount of Olives? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/garden-of-Gethsemane.html">What happened in the Garden of Gethsemane? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/slope.htm">Slope: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Slope (29 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-32.htm">Matthew 8:32</a></span><br />And he said to them, Go. And they came out, and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp <span class="boldtext">slope</span> into the sea and came to their end in the water.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-11.htm">Mark 5:11</a></span><br />Feeding there, on the mountain <span class="boldtext">slope</span>, was a great herd of swine.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-13.htm">Mark 5:13</a></span><br />And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp <span class="boldtext">slope</span> into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.<br /><span class="source">(BBE DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-33.htm">Luke 8:33</a></span><br />And the evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs: and the herd went rushing down a sharp <span class="boldtext">slope</span> into the water and came to destruction. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/48-22.htm">Genesis 48:22</a></span><br />Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/21-15.htm">Numbers 21:15</a></span><br />the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/34-11.htm">Numbers 34:11</a></span><br />and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-14.htm">Joshua 8:14</a></span><br />Now when the king of Ai saw it, he got up quickly and went out to war against Israel, he and all his people, to the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> going down to the valley; but he had no idea that a secret force was waiting at the back of the town.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Joshua 15:3</a></span><br />From there it goes south of the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> up to Akrabbim, and on to Zin, then south past Kadesh-barnea, and on by Hezron and up to Addar, turning in the direction of Karka:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-7.htm">Joshua 15:7</a></span><br />Then the line goes up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so to the north, in the direction of Gilgal, which is opposite the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> up to Adummim, on the south side of the river: and the line goes on to the waters of En-shemesh, ending at En-rogel:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-8.htm">Joshua 15:8</a></span><br />The border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the side of the Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the farthest part of the valley of Rephaim northward.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Joshua 15:10</a></span><br />and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/15-11.htm">Joshua 15:11</a></span><br />and the border went out to the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-12.htm">Joshua 18:12</a></span><br />Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-13.htm">Joshua 18:13</a></span><br />The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-16.htm">Joshua 18:16</a></span><br />The border went down to the farthest part of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward. It went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En Rogel.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-18.htm">Joshua 18:18</a></span><br />It passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/18-19.htm">Joshua 18:19</a></span><br />The border passed along to the side of Beth Hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/1-36.htm">Judges 1:36</a></span><br />And the limit of the Edomites went from the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> of Akrabbim from Sela and up. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/9-11.htm">1 Samuel 9:11</a></span><br />As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, "Is the seer here?"<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-34.htm">2 Samuel 13:34</a></span><br />But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/15-32.htm">2 Samuel 15:32</a></span><br />Now when David had come to the top of the <span class="boldtext">slope</span>, where they gave worship to God, Hushai the Archite came to him in great grief with dust on his head:<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/16-1.htm">2 Samuel 16:1</a></span><br />And when David had gone a little way past the top of the <span class="boldtext">slope</span>, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, came to him, with two asses on which were two hundred cakes of bread and a hundred stems of dry grapes and a hundred summer fruits and a skin of wine.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/9-27.htm">2 Kings 9:27</a></span><br />Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-16.htm">2 Chronicles 20:16</a></span><br />Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/12-37.htm">Nehemiah 12:37</a></span><br />And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/15-5.htm">Isaiah 15:5</a></span><br />My heart is crying out for Moab; her people go in flight to Zoar, and to Eglath-shelishiyah: for they go up with weeping by the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> of Luhith; on the way to Horonaim they send up a cry of destruction.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/48-5.htm">Jeremiah 48:5</a></span><br />For by the <span class="boldtext">slope</span> of Luhith they will go up, weeping all the way; for on the way down to Horonaim the cry of destruction has come to their ears.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Micah 1:4</a></span><br />And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a <span class="boldtext">slope</span>.<br /><span class="source">(BBE YLT NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p 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