Jer 18:15 | NET2full | STEP | Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols . This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths , in roads that are not smooth and level .

‏ Jeremiah 18:15

15 Yet my people have forgotten me
and offered sacrifices to worthless idols.
This makes them stumble along in the way they live
and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. ^{▼▼sn Heb “the ancient path.” This has already been referred to in Jer 6:16. There is another “old way,” but it is the path trod by the wicked (cf. Job 22:15).}
They have left them to walk in bypaths,
in roads that are not smooth and level. ^{▼▼sn Heb “ways that are not built up.” This refers to the built-up highways. See Isa 40:4 for the figure. The terms “way,” “by-paths,” and “roads” are, of course, being used here in the sense of moral behavior or action.}