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Jeremiah 50:23

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— How, is cut and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How hath, Babylon, become an astonishment, among the nations!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! Howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken? how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— How is the mighty one of the whole earth defeated and taken! How has Babylon become an amazement among the nations!
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Bavel become a desolation among the nations!

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
How x349
(0349) Complement
אֵיךְ
'eyk
{ake}
Prolonged from H0335; how? or how!; also where.
is the hammer 6360
{6360} Prime
פַּטִּישׁ
pattiysh
{pat-teesh'}
Intensive from an unused root meaning to pound; a hammer.
of the whole x3605
(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
earth 776
{0776} Prime
אֶרֶץ
'erets
{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land).
cut asunder 1438
{1438} Prime
גָּדַע
gada`
{gaw-dah'}
A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally to destroy anything.
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
and broken! 7665
{7665} Prime
שָׁבַר
shabar
{shaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
how x349
(0349) Complement
אֵיךְ
'eyk
{ake}
Prolonged from H0335; how? or how!; also where.
is Bävel בָּבֶל 894
{0894} Prime
בָּבֶל
Babel
{baw-bel'}
From H1101; confusion; Babel (that is, Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.
become x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
a desolation 8047
{8047} Prime
שַׁמָּה
shammah
{sham-maw'}
From H8074; ruin; by implication consternation.
among the nations! 1471
{1471} Prime
גּוֹי
gowy
{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 50:23

_ _ 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 (Isaiah 14:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Jeremiah 50:23

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

(u) Nebuchadnezzar, who had smitten down all the princes and people of the world.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

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; ... And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 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! ... He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth.
Isaiah 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! ... [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
Revelation 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!
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Is 14:4, 12. Jr 51:20. Rv 18:16.

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