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King James Version (1611 Edition)
Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken? how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations?
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Christian Standard Bible®
How the hammer of the whole earthis cut down and smashed!What a horror Babylon has becomeamong the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earthis cut down and smashed!What a horror Babylon has becomeamong the nations!
Hebrew Names Version
How is the hammer of the whole eretz cut apart and broken! how is Bavel become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole eretz cut apart and broken! how is Bavel become a desolation among the nations!
King James Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
English Standard Version
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
New American Standard Bible
"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
New Century Version
Babylon was the hammer of the whole earth, but how broken and shattered that hammer is now. It is truly the most ruined of all the nations.
Babylon was the hammer of the whole earth, but how broken and shattered that hammer is now. It is truly the most ruined of all the nations.
Amplified Bible
"How the hammer of the whole earth Is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
"How the hammer of the whole earth Is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become A horror [of desolation] among the nations!
World English Bible
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
Legacy Standard Bible
How the hammer of the whole earthHas been cut in pieces and broken!How Babylon has becomeAn object of horror among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earthHas been cut in pieces and broken!How Babylon has becomeAn object of horror among the nations!
Berean Standard Bible
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Contemporary English Version
Babylonia was a hammer pounding every country, but now it lies broken. What a shock to the nations of the world!
Babylonia was a hammer pounding every country, but now it lies broken. What a shock to the nations of the world!
Complete Jewish Bible
How the hammer of the whole earth lies hacked apart and shattered! What an object of horror among the nations Bavel has become!
How the hammer of the whole earth lies hacked apart and shattered! What an object of horror among the nations Bavel has become!
Darby Translation
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Easy-to-Read Version
Babylon was called ‘The Hammer of the Whole Earth.' But now the ‘Hammer' is shattered. Babylon is the most ruined of the nations.
Babylon was called ‘The Hammer of the Whole Earth.' But now the ‘Hammer' is shattered. Babylon is the most ruined of the nations.
George Lamsa Translation
How is the mighty one of the whole earth defeated and taken! How has Babylon become an amazement among the nations!
How is the mighty one of the whole earth defeated and taken! How has Babylon become an amazement among the nations!
Good News Translation
Babylonia hammered the whole world to pieces, and now that hammer is shattered! All the nations are shocked at what has happened to that country.
Babylonia hammered the whole world to pieces, and now that hammer is shattered! All the nations are shocked at what has happened to that country.
Lexham English Bible
How the blacksmith's hammer of all the earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become as a horror among the nations!
How the blacksmith's hammer of all the earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become as a horror among the nations!
Literal Translation
How the hammer of all the earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a ruin among the nations!
How the hammer of all the earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a ruin among the nations!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
How happeneth it, that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken & brussed in sonder? How chaunceth it, that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner?
How happeneth it, that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken & brussed in sonder? How chaunceth it, that Babilon is become a wildernes amonge the Heithen on this maner?
American Standard Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Bible in Basic English
How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!
How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder? Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen [on this maner?]
Howe happeneth it that the hammer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brused in sunder? Howe chaunceth it that Babylon is become a wildernesse among the heathen [on this maner?]
English Revised Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hou is the hamer of al erthe brokun and al defoulid? hou is Babiloyne turned in to desert, among hethene men?
Hou is the hamer of al erthe brokun and al defoulid? hou is Babiloyne turned in to desert, among hethene men?
Update Bible Version
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut apart and broken! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
Webster's Bible Translation
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
New English Translation
Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that ‘hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!
New King James Version
How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;
How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;
New Living Translation
Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
New Life Bible
How the strong one of the whole earth has been cut off and broken! Babylon has become a complete waste among the nations!
How the strong one of the whole earth has been cut off and broken! Babylon has become a complete waste among the nations!
New Revised Standard
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
How s cut and broken the hammer of all the earth! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
How s cut and broken the hammer of all the earth! How hath Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
Douay-Rheims Bible
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
Revised Standard Version
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
Young's Literal Translation
How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!
Contextual Overview
21 Goe vp against the land of Merathaim, euen against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and vtterly destroy after them, sayeth the Lord, and doe according to all that I haue commanded thee. 22 A sound of battell 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 haue laide 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 striuen against the Lord. 25 The Lord hath opened his armorie, and hath brought foorth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the worke of the Lord God of hosts, in the land of the Caldeans. 26 Come against her from the vtmost border, open her store-houses: cast her vp as heapes, and destroy her vtterly: let nothing of her be left. 27 Slay all her bullocks: let them goe downe to the slaughter: woe vnto them, for their day is come, the time of their visitation. 28 The voice of them that flee & escape out of the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his Temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all yee that bend the bow, campe against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her worke; according to all that shee hath done vnto her: for shee hath bene proud against the Lord, against the Holy one of Israel. 30 Therefore shall her yong men fall in the streets, & all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the Lord.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jeremiah 51:20-24, Isaiah 14:4-6, Isaiah 14:12-17, Revelation 18:16
Reciprocal: Isaiah 14:16 - Is this Jeremiah 25:12 - perpetual Jeremiah 50:26 - destroy Jeremiah 51:37 - become Jeremiah 51:41 - the praise Lamentations 1:1 - How doth Obadiah 1:5 - how Nahum 2:1 - He that dasheth in pieces
Cross-References
Genesis 30:3
And she said, Behold my mayde Bilhah: goe in vnto her, and she shall beare vpon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
And she said, Behold my mayde Bilhah: goe in vnto her, and she shall beare vpon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis 48:19
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my sonne, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truely his yonger brother shall be greater then he; and his seede shall become a multitude of nations.
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my sonne, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truely his yonger brother shall be greater then he; and his seede shall become a multitude of nations.
Genesis 49:12
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
Numbers 32:33
And Moses gaue vnto them, euen to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben; and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph, the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, and the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof, in the coastes, euen the cities of the countrey round about.
And Moses gaue vnto them, euen to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben; and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph, the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, and the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof, in the coastes, euen the cities of the countrey round about.
Numbers 32:39
And the children of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, went to Gilead, and tooke it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
And the children of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, went to Gilead, and tooke it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Joshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; ( for hee was the first borne of Ioseph) to wit, for Machir the first borne of Manasseh the father of Gilead: because he was a man of warre, therefore hee had Gilead and Bashan.
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; ( for hee was the first borne of Ioseph) to wit, for Machir the first borne of Manasseh the father of Gilead: because he was a man of warre, therefore hee had Gilead and Bashan.
Job 42:16
After this liued Iob an hundred and fourtie yeeres, and saw his sonnes, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.
After this liued Iob an hundred and fourtie yeeres, and saw his sonnes, and his sonnes sonnes, euen foure generations.
Psalms 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens children: and peace vpon Israel.
Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens children: and peace vpon Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!.... The Targum is,
"how is the king cut down and broken that moved the whole earth!''
The king of Babylon, or the kingdom of Babylon, which was like a hammer for its hardness and strength; and being an instrument, in the hand of God, of beating to pieces and destroying the kingdoms and nations around it; but is now destroyed itself. These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of the people of other nations, wondering how this destruction came about, and rejoicing at it;
how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! this explains who and what is meant by the hammer of the earth, and by its being cut asunder and broken; even the utter destruction of the city and kingdom of Babylon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The 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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 50:23. The hammer of the whole earth — Nebuchadnezzar dashed to pieces the nations against whom he warred. He was the scourge of the Lord.
