Jeremiah 50:23
How is the battle-hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment to all the nations!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22The din of battle is in the land, And great destruction.
Cross References
Isaiah 14:4Then shall thou utter this song over the king of Babylon, and say, “How hath the tyrant fallen, The oppression ceased!
Jeremiah 51:20Thou hast been to me my battle-hammer, My weapon of war. And with thee I broke in pieces the nations, And with thee I destroyed the kingdoms.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 50:22-33
The Judgment of Babylon. ( b. c. 595.) 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:… Read the whole commentary →