Jeremiah 50:23
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"Howאֵ֤יךְ
(eich)
349: how?from ay
the hammerפַּטִּ֖ישׁ
(pat·tish)
6360: a forge hammerof foreign origin
of the wholeכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
earthהָאָ֑רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz;)
776: earth, landa prim. root
Has been cut offנִגְדַּע֙
(nig·da)
1438: to hew, hew down or offa prim. root
and broken!וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔ר
(vai·yi·sha·ver,)
7665: to break, break in piecesa prim. root
Howאֵ֣יךְ
(eich)
349: how?from ay
Babylonבָּבֶ֖ל
(ba·vel)
894: an E. Mediterranean empire and its capital cityperhaps from balal
has becomeהָיְתָ֧ה
(ha·ye·tah)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
An object of horrorלְשַׁמָּ֛ה
(le·sham·mah)
8047: waste, horrorfrom shamem
among the nations!בַּגֹּויִֽם׃
(bag·go·v·yim.)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav


















KJV Lexicon
How is the hammer
pattiysh  (pat-teesh')
a hammer -- hammer.
of the whole earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
cut asunder
gada`  (gaw-dah')
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything -- cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
and broken
shabar  (shaw-bar')
to burst -- break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken(-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, quite, tear
how is Babylon
Babel  (baw-bel')
confusion; Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire -- Babel, Babylon.
become a desolation
shammah  (sham-maw')
ruin; by implication, consternation -- astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
among the nations
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations!

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and smashed! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!

International Standard Version
How the hammer of all the earth is cut off and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!

NET Bible
Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that 'hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations!

King James 2000 Bible
How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
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