Jeremiah 50:23

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation amongst the nations!

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

24I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, Babylon, and you weren’t aware. You are found, and also caught, because you have fought against the LORD.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:4that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”

Jeremiah 51:20“You are my battle axe and weapons of war. With you I will break the nations into pieces. With you I will destroy 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 →

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