Jeremiah 50:23

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

How is the hammer {H6360} of the whole earth {H776} cut asunder {H1438} and broken {H7665}! how is Babylon {H894} become a desolation {H8047} among the nations {H1471}!

How the hammer of the whole earth lies hacked apart and shattered! What an object of horror among the nations Bavel has become!

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 51:20 (4 votes)

    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;

  • Jeremiah 51:24 (4 votes)

    And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.

  • Revelation 18:16 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    ¶ That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

  • Isaiah 14:6 (2 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

    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!

  • Isaiah 14:17 (2 votes)

    [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?