Jeremiah 50:23

Modern

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Traditional

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

Literal

How has been cut down and broken the hammer of all the earth! How Babylon has become as a desolation among the nations!

Latin

Quomodo confractus est et contritus malleus universæ terræ? quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus?

Hebrew

English

How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah 51:20–24
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
Revelation 18:16
…saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
Isaiah 14:12–17
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
Isaiah 14:4–6
…you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

Babylon: Ancient Mesopotamian city, capital of Babylonian Empire, site of the Tower of Babel