Jeremiah 23:12
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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.“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.
In other translations
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.“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.
Hebrew words
לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651יִהְיֶהyihyehit will becomeH1961דַרְכָּםdarkampath theirH1870לָהֶםlahemfor <the> themכַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹתkachalaklakotlike slippery placesH2519בָּאֲפֵלָהba'afelahin the darknessH653יִדַּחוּyidachuthey will be pushed downH1760וְנָפְלוּvenafeluand they will fallH5307בָהּvahon <the> itכִּי־ki-forH3588אָבִיא'avi'I will bringH935עֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemon themH5921רָעָהra'ahcalamityH7451שְׁנַתshenat[the] year ofH8141פְּקֻדָּתָםpekudatampunishment theirH6486נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָה׃yahwehYahwehH3068
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