Jeremiah 50:23
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
KJV
Quomodo confractus est et contritus malleus universæ terræ ? quomodo versa est in desertum Babylon in gentibus ?
Vulgate
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
ASV
אֵ֤יךְ נִגְדַּע֙ וַ/יִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר פַּטִּ֖ישׁ כָּל הָ/אָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְ/שַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּ/גּוֹיִֽם
Hebrew
How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִגְדְּעוּ֙
ngd'v
verb · 21×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
פַּטִּ֖ישׁ
ptysh
noun · 3×
שַׁמָּ֔ה
shmh
verb · 40×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 14:12 — How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- Isa 14:16 — They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
- Jer 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Jer 51:20 — Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
- Nah 2:1 — He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.