Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Jeremiah 50:23 in other translations
| BSB | How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations! |
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| WEB | How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! |
| ASV | How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! |
| YLT | How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations! |
| DARBY | How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! |
| BBE | How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations! |
| Webster | How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! |
What does Jeremiah 50:23 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?
Jeremiah 50:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 50:23
- Jeremiah 51:20-24
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. …
- Revelation 18:16
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
- Isaiah 14:4-6
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- Isaiah 14:12-17
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. …
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Context
- Jeremiah 50:22
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
- Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- Jeremiah 50:24
I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.
Jeremiah 50:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Cómo fué cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! ¡cómo se tornó Babilonia en desierto entre las gentes! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comment est mis en pièces et brisé le marteau de toute la terre! Comment Babylone est-elle réduite en désolation parmi les nations! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wie ist zerhauen und zertrümmert der Hammer der ganzen Erde! Wie ist Babel zum Entsetzen geworden unter den Nationen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quomodo confractus est et contritus malleus universæ terræ? quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus? |