King James Version
Jeremiah 50:23 in the King James Version says “How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!”
Jeremiah 50:23 · KJV
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. of Merathaim: or, of the rebels Pekod: or, Visitation
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
I have laid 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 striven against the LORD.
The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“how is Babylon”
H894babel (i.e., babylon), including babylonia and the babylonian empire
“among the nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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