Jeremiah 50:23
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.
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.
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
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;
Read in contextRevelation 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!
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
Read in contextIsaiah 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!
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