Jeremiah 50:23
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How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!

Jeremiah 51:20-24 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

Isaiah 14:4-6,12-17 Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased? . . .

Revelation 18:16 And saying: Alas! alas! that great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet and was gilt with gold and precious stones and pearls.

Context
The Destruction of Babylon
22A noise of war in the land, and a great destruction. 23How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!24I have caused thee to fall into a snare, and thou art taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware of it: thou art found and caught, because thou hast provoked the Lord.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 51:20
Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:

Ezekiel 26:17
And taking up a lamentation over thee, they shall say to thee: How art thou fallen, that dwellest in the sea, renowned city that wast strong in the sea, with thy inhabitants whom all did dread?

Lexicon
How
אֵ֤יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

the hammer
פַּטִּ֖ישׁ (paṭ·ṭîš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6360: A forge hammer

of the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

earth
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

lies broken
נִגְדַּע֙ (niḡ·da‘)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1438: To fell a, tree, to destroy anything

and shattered!
וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר (way·yiš·šā·ḇêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces

What
אֵ֣יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

a horror
לְשַׁמָּ֛ה (lə·šam·māh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8047: Ruin, consternation

Babylon
בָּבֶ֖ל (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

has become
הָיְתָ֧ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

among the nations!
בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ (bag·gō·w·yim)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


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

How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! 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 an astonishment among the nations!

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!

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

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
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