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Jeremiah 23:12

Therefore shall their way become as slippery places in the dark; They shall be driven on and fall therein; For I will bring evil upon them In the time of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11Yea, both prophet and priest are profane; Even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

13In the prophets of Samaria have I seen folly; They prophesy in the name of Baal, and cause my people Israel to err.

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Cross References

Psalms 35:6May their way be dark and slippery, And may the angel of the LORD pursue them!

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as thick darkness; They know not at what they stumble.

Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed, that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah, your God, Before he bring darkness, And your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, And, while ye look for light, He turn it into deathlike shade, And make it gross darkness.

Jeremiah 50:27Slay all her bullocks, Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe unto them, For their day is come, The time of their punishment!

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 23:10-33

Guilt of False Prophets. ( b. c. 600.) 9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the Lord , and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their… Read the whole commentary →

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