OET interlinear YIR (JER) 23:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence will_belong path_of,their to/for=them like,slippery_places in,darkness driven_away and,they_will_fall on,it that/for/because/then/when bring on,them disaster year_of their_punishment_of,their declares_of YHWH )

The danger of their actions is spoken of as if they were about to fall off the slippery edge of a cliff in the dark and injure themselves. Alternate translation: [there actions are unstable and dangerous, like walking on a slippery place in the darkness]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I will send disaster against them

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence will_belong path_of,their to/for=them like,slippery_places in,darkness driven_away and,they_will_fall on,it that/for/because/then/when bring on,them disaster year_of their_punishment_of,their declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh speaks of disaster as an enemy that he will send to attack the priests and false prophets. Alternate translation: [I will cause them to experience disaster]