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I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Therefore, the paths they take will become slippery. They will be chased through the dark, and there they will fall. For I will bring disaster upon them at the time fixed for their punishment. I, the LORD, have spoken! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “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. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/23.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore their way shall be to them Like slippery ways; In the darkness they shall be driven on And fall in them; For I will bring disaster on them, The year of their punishment,” says the LORD. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring disaster upon them, The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring calamity upon them, The year of their punishment,&#8221 declares the LORD. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I shall bring calamity upon them, The year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them; They will be driven away into the thick darkness and fall down in it; For I will bring their evil upon them, The year of their punishment,” declares Yahweh. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Therefore their way will be to them like slippery paths In the dark; they will be pushed and fall into them; For I will bring disaster on them, In the year of their punishment,” says the LORD. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, their way will seem like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the LORD’s declaration. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Therefore, their way will be to them like slippery paths in the gloom. They will be driven away and fall down there, for I will bring disaster on them, the year of their punishment. This is the LORD&#8217s declaration. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/23.htm">American Standard Version</a> Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places 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 Jehovah. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now I will punish you with disaster, and you will slip and fall in the darkness. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/23.htm">English Revised Version</a> Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places 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. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "That is why their own way will become like slippery paths in the dark. They will be chased away, and they will fall down in the dark. I will bring disaster on them. It is time for them to be punished," declares the LORD. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/23.htm">Good News Translation</a> The paths they follow will be slippery and dark; I will make them stumble and fall. I am going to bring disaster on them; the time of their punishment is coming. I, the LORD, have spoken. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/23.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore their way will be slippery. They'll be driven out into the darkness, where they'll fall. For I'll bring disaster on them, the year of their judgment," declares the LORD. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?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. <a href="/net/jeremiah/23.htm">NET Bible</a> So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them." The LORD affirms it! <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation," says the LORD. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Wherefore their way shall be to 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/23.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They will be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation,” says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Therefore their way is as slippery places to them, "" They are driven into thick darkness, "" And they have fallen in it, "" For I bring in calamity against them, "" The year of their inspection,” "" A declaration of YHWH. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this their way shall be to them as slippery places in darkness: they shall be thrust away and they fell in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their reviewing, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evils upon them, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For this reason, their way will be like a slippery path in the dark. For they will be impelled forward, and they will fall in it. For I will bring evils over them, in the year of their visitation, says the Lord. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/23.htm">New American Bible</a> Hence their way shall become for them slippery ground. Into the darkness they shall be driven, and fall headlong; For I will bring disaster upon them, the year of their punishment—oracle of the LORD. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore their way shall be to them like slippery paths in the darkness, into which they shall be driven and fall; for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore their ways shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall in them; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their punishment, says the LORD. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this, their ways shall be slippery places to them, and into the darkness they shall be cast out and they shall fall in them, because I bring evil upon them, the year of their visitation, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness, They shall be thrust, and fall therein; For I will bring evil upon them, Even the year of their visitation, Saith the LORD. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6744" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/23.htm">Lying Prophets</a> …11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD. 12<a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: lā·ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">“Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: ḏar·kām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">their path</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/2519.htm" title="2519: ka·ḥă·laq·laq·qō·wṯ (Prep-k, Art:: N-fp) -- By reduplication from chalaq; properly, something very smooth; i.e. A treacherous spot; figuratively, blandishment.">slick;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1760.htm" title="1760: yid·da·ḥū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To push, thrust. Or dachach daw-khakh'; a primitive root; to push down.">they will be driven away</a> <a href="/hebrew/653.htm" title="653: bā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Darkness, gloominess, calamity. Feminine of 'aphel; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment.">into the darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: wə·nā·p̄ə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">and fall</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">into it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ’ā·ḇî (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">I will bring</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon them</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šə·naṯ (N-fsc) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">in the year</a> <a href="/hebrew/6486.htm" title="6486: pə·qud·dā·ṯām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Oversight, mustering, visitation, store. Feminine passive participle of paqad; visitation.">of their punishment,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> 13“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Isaiah 59:9-10</a> Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom. / Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead. <a href="/ezekiel/34-12.htm">Ezekiel 34:12</a> As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. <a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9</a> And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime. <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a> Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Zephaniah 1:15</a> That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a> Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” <a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a> Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:4-5</a> But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. / For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. <a href="/2_peter/2-17.htm">2 Peter 2:17</a> These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. <a href="/jude/1-13.htm">Jude 1:13</a> They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Isaiah 5:30</a> In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds. <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness. <a href="/isaiah/13-10.htm">Isaiah 13:10</a> For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. <a href="/isaiah/47-5.htm">Isaiah 47:5</a> “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Why their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, said the LORD.as.<a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a> Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.<a href="/psalms/35-6.htm">Psalm 35:6</a> Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.<a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18</a> Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.in the.<a href="/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18</a> He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.<a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a> Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.the year.<a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Jeremiah 11:23</a> And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.<a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/48-44.htm">Jeremiah 48:44</a> He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-17.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-9.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Path</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Slippery</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Slipping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-23.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-24.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-15.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-28.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-23.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-14.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-2.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-2.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-19.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-10.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/amos/5-20.htm">Gloom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-27.htm">Inspection</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-9.htm">Path</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-9.htm">Paths</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Punished</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-34.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/hosea/6-8.htm">Slippery</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-6.htm">Slipping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Steps</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-11.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Thick</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-21.htm">Visitation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-17.htm">Wherefore</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 23</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/23-1.htm">He prophesies a restoration of the scattered flock.</a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Christ shall rule and save them.</a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Against false prophets;</a> 33. <a href="/jeremiah/23-33.htm">and mockers of the true prophets.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase indicates a consequence of the actions of the false prophets and corrupt leaders in Judah. The imagery of a "slick path" suggests instability and danger, symbolizing the moral and spiritual decline of the people. In biblical times, a slick path would be treacherous, leading to falls and injury, much like the spiritual peril the leaders have led the people into. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the consequences of sin, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a>, where the way of the wicked is described as darkness.they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. Darkness in the Bible often symbolizes judgment, confusion, and separation from God. Being "driven away into the darkness" suggests divine judgment and exile, reminiscent of the Babylonian captivity that Jeremiah prophesied. This phrase echoes the fate of those who reject God's guidance, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a>, where people look to the earth and see only distress and darkness. The fall into darkness signifies the ultimate downfall and ruin of those who lead others astray.For I will bring disaster upon them This part of the verse underscores God's active role in bringing judgment. The disaster is a direct result of the people's disobedience and the false prophets' misleading teachings. This aligns with the covenantal curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience to God's laws results in calamity. It also reflects the prophetic tradition where God uses nations like Babylon as instruments of His judgment, as seen in <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6</a>.in the year of their punishment, The "year of their punishment" indicates a specific, divinely appointed time for judgment. This concept of a set time for divine retribution is consistent with the prophetic literature, where God’s patience has limits, and a time of reckoning is inevitable. This is similar to the "day of the Lord" found in other prophetic books, such as <a href="/joel/2.htm">Joel 2:1</a>, which speaks of a time of judgment and restoration.declares the LORD. This phrase affirms the authority and certainty of the prophecy. The use of "declares the LORD" is a common prophetic formula that emphasizes that the message is not from the prophet himself but from God. It assures the audience of the truth and inevitability of the prophecy, as seen throughout the book of Jeremiah and other prophetic writings, such as <a href="/amos/3-7.htm">Amos 3:7</a>, where God reveals His plans through His prophets.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/f/false_prophets.htm">False Prophets</a> The primary subjects of this passage, these individuals misled the people of Judah with false assurances of peace and security. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its disobedience and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is pronouncing judgment on the false prophets and the people who follow them. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_year_of_punishment.htm">The Year of Punishment</a> A specific time appointed by God for executing judgment on those who have turned away from His ways.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_false_prophets.htm">The Danger of False Prophets</a> False prophets lead people away from God's truth, resulting in spiritual and often physical disaster. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience to God leads to a "slippery path," symbolizing instability and inevitable downfall. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_judgment.htm">God's Sovereign Judgment</a> God is just and will bring about judgment in His appointed time, emphasizing the importance of living in obedience to Him. <a href="/topical/w/walking_in_the_light.htm">Walking in the Light</a> Believers are called to walk in the light of God's truth, avoiding the darkness that comes from following false teachings. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_and_vigilance.htm">Discernment and Vigilance</a> Christians must be vigilant and discerning, testing teachings against Scripture to avoid being led astray.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 23</a> <a href="/q/why_allow_false_prophets,_god_disapproves.htm">Jeremiah 23:21–22: Why would God allow false prophets to speak in His name if He disapproves of their messages? </a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_bad_leaders_go_unpunished.htm">Jeremiah 23:1-2: How can God condemn 'shepherds' who mislead the flock while, historically, many oppressive leaders seem to go unpunished?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_discern_good_vs._evil.htm">How do you separate good from evil in life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Slippery ways . . . darkness . . . driven on.--The words and the thoughts flow in upon the prophet's mind from <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm" title="And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.">Isaiah 8:22</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/35-5.htm" title="Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.">Psalm 35:5-6</a>.The year of their visitation.--The prophet returns to his characteristic word for the time appointed by the Divine Judge for chastisement. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm" title="Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 8:12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm" title="They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.">Jeremiah 10:15</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm" title="And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.">Jeremiah 11:23</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Their way shall be unto them as slippery ways, etc.; rather, slippery places. The passage has a manifest affinity with <a href="/psalms/35-6.htm">Psalm 35:6</a> (in one of the Jeremiahizing psalms; see on Jeremiah 18:19, 20). They shall be driven on; or, as Ewald, taking over the last word of the preceding clause, they shall be thrust into the darkness. This involves a reminiscence, probable enough, of <a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> b. It is against the accentual tradition, but improves the rhythmical derision of the verse. If we ask who "thrusts" them, <a href="/psalms/35-5.htm">Psalm 35:5</a> supplies the answer - it is not merely external circumstances, but "the Angel of Jehovah," i.e. Jehovah himself. As Bishop Hall says, "God wounds us by many instruments, but with one hand." I will bring evil upon them, etc. Favorite expressions of Jeremiah (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/11-23.htm">Jeremiah 11:23</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Therefore לָכֵן֩ (lā·ḵên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus their path דַרְכָּ֜ם (ḏar·kām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action will become יִֽהְיֶ֨ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be slick; כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ (ka·ḥă·laq·laq·qō·wṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2519.htm">Strong's 2519: </a> Something very smooth, a treacherous spot, blandishment they will be driven away יִדַּ֖חוּ (yid·da·ḥū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1760.htm">Strong's 1760: </a> To push, thrust into the gloom בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה (bā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_653.htm">Strong's 653: </a> Duskiness, misfortune, concealment and fall וְנָ֣פְלוּ (wə·nā·p̄ə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> To fall, lie into it. בָ֑הּ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will bring אָבִ֨יא (’ā·ḇî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go disaster רָעָ֛ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil upon them עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against in the year שְׁנַ֥ת (šə·naṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> A year of their punishment,” פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם (pə·qud·dā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6486.htm">Strong's 6486: </a> Oversight, mustering, visitation, store declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD. יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> YHWH <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 23:12 Therefore their way shall be to them (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 23:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 23:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>