Jeremiah 23:12
“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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵן֩ | la.Khen | <to> therefore | H3651 → |
| יִֽהְיֶ֨ה | yih.Yeh | it will become | H1961 → |
| דַרְכָּ֜ם | dar.Kam | path their | H1870 → |
| לָהֶ֗ם | la.Hem | for <the> them | |
| כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ | ka.cha.lak.la.kOt | like slippery places | H2519 → |
| בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה | ba.'a.fe.Lah | in the darkness | H653 → |
| יִדַּ֖חוּ | yi.Da.chu | they will be pushed down | H1760 → |
| וְנָ֣פְלוּ | ve.Na.fe.lu | and they will fall | H5307 → |
| בָ֑הּ | Vah | on <the> it | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| אָבִ֨יא | 'a.Vi' | I will bring | H935 → |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם | 'a.lei.Hem | on them | H5921 → |
| רָעָ֛ה | ra.'Ah | calamity | H7451 → |
| שְׁנַ֥ת | she.Nat | [the] year of | H8141 → |
| פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם | pe.ku.da.Tam | punishment their | H6486 → |
| נְאֻם־ | ne.'um- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
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