Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 23:12

"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." — Jeremiah 23:12 (ASV)

Slippery ways ... darkness ... driven on.— The words and the thoughts flow into the prophet’s mind from Isaiah 8:22; Psalms 35:5–6.

The year of their visitation. —The prophet returns to his characteristic word for the time appointed by the Divine Judge for chastisement (Jeremiah 10:15; Jeremiah 11:23).