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Jeremiah 23:12–13
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Jeremiah 23:12
12Wherefore 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.
12Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:13
13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
13‖And I haue seene folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophecied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to erre.
- Or, an absurd thing. Hebr. vnsauoury.
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DEFINED WORDS
Jeremiah 23:12
Why; for what reason.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
Smooth; glib; having the quality opposite to adhesiveness.
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Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
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To drive: to impel, force, urge, or move onward.
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To descend, drop, or lose an upright position; to come upon, attack, happen, decline, fail, or be overthrown; as a noun, descent, ruin, or overthrow, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · KJV usage
Indeed or precisely; adding emphasis to what follows.
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A period of twelve months; a stated annual period.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
visitation
An act of visiting or inspecting; especially an appointed coming in mercy or judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
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Jeremiah 23:13
Especially, an inspired teacher; He that prophesies.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
The city of Samaria or the surrounding region, according to context.
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APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
prophesied
Spoke by divine inspiration or declared beforehand what would occur.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Produced; effected; brought about.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To miss the right way, in morals or religion; to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study16Give 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 darkness.
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Open the full verse study23And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation.
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Open the full verse study19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Open the full verse study6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
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Open the full verse study34Therefore 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.
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Open the full verse study22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
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Open the full verse study44He 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 the Lord.
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Open the full verse study35Then 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.
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Open the full verse study18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
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Open the full verse study11But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
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Open the full verse study27Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
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Open the full verse study18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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Open the full verse study13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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Open the full verse study4The 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.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study16For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
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Open the full verse study8The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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Open the full verse study18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s table.
20So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
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Open the full verse study7The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
8The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
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Open the full verse study9So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.
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Open the full verse study25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
28And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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Open the full verse study40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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