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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.
Jeremiah 23:12
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Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

לָכֵן֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה דַרְכָּ֜ם לָהֶ֗ם כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔ה יִדַּ֖חוּ וְנָ֣פְלוּ בָ֑הּ כִּֽי־אָבִ֨יא עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם רָעָ֛ה שְׁנַ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

  1. לָכֵן֩la.Khen“<to> therefore”
    Preposition + Adverb · from כֵּן · “so” · Strong's H3651C
  2. יִֽהְיֶ֨הyih.Yeh“it will become”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָיָה · “to be” · Strong's H1961
  3. דַרְכָּ֜םdar.Kam“path their”
    Noun, both genders, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from דֶּ֫רֶךְ · “journey” · Strong's H1870L
  4. לָהֶ֗םla.Hem“for <the> them”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from Op3m · “them” · Strong's H9038
  5. כַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת֙ka.cha.lak.la.kOt“like slippery places”
    Preposition + Noun, feminine, plural, absolute · from חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת · “smoothness” · Strong's H2519
  6. בָּֽאֲפֵלָ֔הba.'a.fe.Lah“in the darkness”
    Preposition with article + Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from אֲפֵלָה · “darkness” · Strong's H0653
  7. יִדַּ֖חוּyi.Da.chu“they will be pushed down”
    Verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from דָּחַח · “to thrust” · Strong's H1760B
  8. וְנָ֣פְלוּve.Na.fe.lu“and they will fall”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural · from נָפַל · “fall” · Strong's H5307G
  9. בָ֑הּVah“on <the> it”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from Os3f · “her” · Strong's H9034
  10. כִּֽי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  11. אָבִ֨יא'a.Vi'“I will bring”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular · from בּוֹא · “bring” · Strong's H0935P
  12. עֲלֵיהֶ֥ם'a.lei.Hem“on them”
    Preposition with article + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from עַל · “upon” · Strong's H5921A
  13. רָעָ֛הra.'Ah“calamity”
    Noun, feminine, singular, absolute · from רָעָה · “harm” · Strong's H7451C
  14. שְׁנַ֥תshe.Nat“[the] year of”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from שָׁנָה · “year” · Strong's H8141
  15. פְּקֻדָּתָ֖םpe.ku.da.Tam“punishment their”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from פְּקֻדָּה · “punishment” · Strong's H6486
  16. נְאֻם־ne.'um-“[the] utterance of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from נְאֻם · “utterance” · Strong's H5002
  17. יְהוָֽה׃Yah.weh“Yahweh”
    Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)