Jeremiah 50:23 “How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a ho…”

Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

World English Bible

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

American Standard Version

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!

Darby Translation

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Young's Literal Translation

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!

Bible in Basic English

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

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Cross references

“How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”

Jeremiah 51:20–24 Isaiah 14:4–6 Isaiah 14:12–17 Revelation 18:16

Jeremiah 51:20–24 · BSB

“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

Isaiah 14:4–6 · BSB

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

Isaiah 14:12–17 · BSB

How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.

Revelation 18:16 · BSB

saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22“The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.

24I laid a snare for you, O Babylon, and you were caught before you knew it. You were found and captured because you challenged the LORD.

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