Jeremiah 23:12 meaning and explanation

“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, Berean Standard Bible

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In this verse the LORD is speaking through Jeremiah about the prophets and priests of Jerusalem, who have led his people astray and filled the land with wickedness (verses 10 to 11). Their path becoming slick pictures ground that gives way underfoot: the very way they have chosen will make them stumble.

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