Jeremiah 50:23
21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
22 “The noise of battle is in the land— the noise of great destruction.
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
24 I 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.
25 The LORD has opened His armory and brought out His weapons of wrath, for this is the work of the Lord GOD of Hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
- KJV
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- 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!
- DARBY
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
- BLB
- How has been cut down and broken the hammer of all the earth! How Babylon has become as a desolation among the nations!
- ÅB
- Hvor den er blitt knekket og knust den hammer som slo hele jorden! Hvor Babel er blitt til en forferdelse blant folkene!
- OTB
- Hvordan den mektige hammeren av hele jorden er blitt avskåret og brutt! Hvordan Babylon har blitt en skrekk blant nasjonene!
- B1930
- Hvor den er blitt knekket og knust den hammer som slo hele jorden! Hvor Babel er blitt til en forferdelse blandt folkene!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:20–24
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
Read in contextRevelation 18:16
saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
Read in contextIsaiah 14:4–6
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Read in contextIsaiah 14:12–17
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.
Read in context