Jeremiah

Jeremiah 18:15

¹⁵Yet My people have forgotten Me.

They burn incense to worthless idols

that make them stumble in their ways,

leaving the ancient roads

to walk on rutted bypaths

instead of on the highway.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Yet	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
My people	עַמִּ֖י	‘am·mî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H5971 people
have forgotten Me	שְׁכֵחֻ֥נִי	šə·ḵê·ḥu·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular	H7911 forget
They burn incense	יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ	yə·qaṭ·ṭê·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke
to worthless idols	לַשָּׁ֣וְא	laš·šāw	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7723 emptiness, vanity
that make them stumble	וַיַּכְשִׁל֤וּם	way·yaḵ·ši·lūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H3782 stumble, stagger, totter
in their ways	בְּדַרְכֵיהֶם֙	bə·ḏar·ḵê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
the ancient	עוֹלָ֔ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
roads	שְׁבִילֵ֣י	šə·ḇî·lê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H7635 way, path
to walk	לָלֶ֣כֶת	lā·le·ḵeṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1980 go, come, walk
on rutted	נְתִיב֔וֹת	nə·ṯî·ḇō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5410 path, pathway
bypaths	דֶּ֖רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
instead of	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
on the highway	סְלוּלָֽה׃	sə·lū·lāh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H5549 lift up, cast up

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 6:16 · Jeremiah 2:32 · Isaiah 57:14 · Hosea 11:2 · Jeremiah 2:13 · Malachi 2:8 · Jeremiah 17:13 · Jeremiah 10:15 · Isaiah 41:29 · Jeremiah 3:21 · Jeremiah 16:19 · Hosea 2:13

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.