KJV King James Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
WEB World English Bible
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
ASV American Standard Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
YLT 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!
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 50
20 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
22 A sound of battle [is] in the land, and of great destruction.
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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.
25 The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this [is] the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
26 Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֵ֤יךְH349 · ekhhow?נִגְדַּע֙H1438 · ga.dato cut down/offוַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔רH7665 · sha.varto breakפַּטִּ֖ישׁH6360 · pat.tishhammerכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetאֵ֣יךְH349 · ekhhow?הָיְתָ֧הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְשַׁמָּ֛הH8047 · sham.mahhorror: destroyedבָּבֶ֖לH894 · ba.velBabylonבַּגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471 · goynation
Cross-references
Jeremiah 51:20-24Thou [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;Isaiah 14:12-17How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!Revelation 18:16And 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 14:4-6That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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