OET interlinear YIR (JER) 18:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) been made to stumble in their paths

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they,have_forgotten_me people_of,my to,falsehood burn_incense and,they,have_caused_them_to_stumble in,ways_of,their roads_of ancient to=go bypaths road/way_of not built_up )

Yahweh speaks of a person’s lifestyle as if it were a path along which he walks, and of living unfaithfully to him as if the person stumbled along the path. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [this caused them to stumble in their paths] or [it is like they stumbled while walking on a path] (See also: figs-activepassive)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) they have left the ancient paths to walk lesser paths

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when they,have_forgotten_me people_of,my to,falsehood burn_incense and,they,have_caused_them_to_stumble in,ways_of,their roads_of ancient to=go bypaths road/way_of not built_up )

Yahweh speaks of a person’s lifestyle as if it were a path along which he walks. Here, “the ancient paths” represents the way that Yahweh had told their ancestors to live and “lesser paths” represents living unfaithfully to Yahweh.