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A Slippery, Dark Path
Commentators emphasize the terrifying imagery used to describe the fate of the false prophets. Their chosen "way"—their plans and lifestyle which they thought were safe—will become like a slippery path in total darkness. Scholars like John Calvin and Albert Barnes explain that this isn't an accident; they are actively "driven on" toward an unavoidable and disorienting fall, illustrating the certain and terrifying consequences of their deception.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 23:12
18th Century
Theologian
Every word denotes the certainty of their fall. Their path is like slippery places in darkness; and on this path, they are pushed with…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 23:12
19th Century
Bishop
Slippery ways ... darkness ... driven on.— The words and the thoughts flow into the prophet’s mind from Isaiah 8:22;[Refe…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 23:12
19th Century
Preacher
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness:
What an awful description of the doom of the profane proph…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 23:12
16th Century
Theologian
Here he declares to false prophets and unfaithful priests that the Lord’s judgment was near at hand, because they had deceived the people. But he s…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 23:12
17th Century
Pastor
Wherefore their way shall be to them as slippery [ways] in the darkness Their course of life may fittingly be compared, a…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 23:9–22
17th Century
Minister
The false prophets of Samaria had deceived the Israelites into idolatries; yet the Lord considered the false prophets of Jerusalem guilty of more h…