The Destruction of Babylon
Jeremiah 50:23
In 11 translations
- BSB
- How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!
- KJV
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- WEB
- How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!
- ASV
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- LSV
- How it has been cut and broken, || The hammer of the whole earth! How Babylon has been for a desolation among nations!
- YLT
- How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!
- DBY
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
- DRC
- How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!
- GNV
- Howe is the hammer of the whole world destroied, and broken! howe is Babel become desolate among the nations!
- JPS
- How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
- LXXE27:23
- How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֵ֤יךְ נִגְדַּע֙ וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר פַּטִּ֖ישׁ כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֣יךְ הָיְתָ֧ה לְשַׁמָּ֛ה בָּבֶ֖ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃
- LXX-Br27:23
- Πῶς ἐκλάσθη καὶ συνετρίβη ἡ σφυρὰ πάσης τῆς γῆς; πῶς ἐγενήθη εἰς ἀφανισμὸν Βαβυλὼν ἐν ἔθνεσιν;
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📍 Babylon◆ Prophecies of Jeremiah
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Cross-references most cited first
- 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. With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. With you I shatter man and…
- Revelation 18:16saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!
- Isaiah 14:12–17How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars…
- Isaiah 14:4–6you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. It struck the peoples…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 27:23 in some Bibles
- 50:23 in most Bibles