Jeremiah 23:12
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חֲלַקְלַקָּה
chălaqlaqqâh
properly, something very smooth; i.e. a treacherous spot; figuratively, blandishment
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
נָדַח
nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
פְּקֻדָּה
pᵉquddâh
visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
חֲלַקְלַקָּה chălaqlaqqâh
properly, something very smooth; i.e. a treacherous spot; figuratively, blandishment
Study H2519 →נָדַח nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Study H5080 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →דֶּרֶךְ derek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Study H1870 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
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 da...
And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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 t...
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
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