Jeremiah 50:23

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

How is the hammer of all the earth cut in two and broken! how has Babylon become a waste among the nations!

Webster's Revision

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

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Definitions for Jeremiah 50:23

Asunder - Apart from one another.

Clarke's Jeremiah 50:23 Bible Commentary

The hammer of the whole earth - Nebuchadnezzar dashed to pieces the nations against whom he warred. He was the scourge of the Lord.

Barnes's Jeremiah 50:23 Bible Commentary

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.