Jeremiah 50:23

Jeremiah 50:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
• New International Version (NIV)How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
• English Standard Version (ESV)How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
• New King James Version (NKJV)How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

Context of Jeremiah 50:23

21Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod. Claim them for me by killing them with a sword,” declares the Lord. “Do everything I commanded you. 22The noise of battle and great destruction fills the land. The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations! 24I will set traps for you, Babylon. You will be caught, but you won’t know it. You will be found and captured because you have opposed the Lord. 25The Lord will open his armory and bring out the weapons of his fury, because the Almighty Lord of Armies has a job to do in the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:23 word by word

אֵ֤יךְ נִגְדַּע֙ וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר פַּטִּ֖ישׁ כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How is the hammerפַּטִּישׁpaţţîysh · hammerH6360
• of the whole earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• cut asunderגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
• and brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• how is Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• become a desolationשַׁמָּהshammâh · horror: appalledH8047
• among the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471

Cross-references for Jeremiah 50:23

• Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club and my weapon for battle. I will use you to crush nations. I will use you to destroy kingdoms.
• Isaiah 14:4Then you will mock the king of Babylon with this saying, “How the tyrant has come to an end! How his attacks have come to an end!”
• Revelation 18:16saying, ‘How horrible, how horrible for that important city which was wearing fine linen, purple clothes, bright red clothes, gold jewelry, gems, and pearls.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23The hammer of the whole earth - Nebuchadnezzar dashed to pieces the nations against whom he warred. He was the scourge of the Lord.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The hammer - Babylon, by whose instrumentality Yahweh had crushed the nations, is now cut asunder, i. e., the head of iron or bronze is cut away from the wooden handle, and broken.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-32Verses 21-32 The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. hammer--that is, Babylon, so called because of its ponderous destructive power; just as "Martel," that is, "a little hammer," was the surname of a king of the Franks (Is 14:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 50:23

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In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Desolation
• Hammer
• Asunder
• Isaiah
• Jeremiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings