Jeremías 50:23

Listen to Jeremías 50:23
23 隆C贸mo fu茅 cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! 隆c贸mo se torn贸 Babilonia en desierto entre las gentes!

Jeremías 50:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 50:23

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!
&c.] The Targum is,

``how is the king cut down and broken that moved the whole earth!''
The king of Babylon, or the kingdom of Babylon, which was like a hammer for its hardness and strength; and being an instrument, in the hand of God, of beating to pieces and destroying the kingdoms and nations around it; but is now destroyed itself. These are the words either of the prophet, or rather of the people of other nations, wondering how this destruction came about, and rejoicing at it; how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
this explains who and what is meant by the hammer of the earth, and by its being cut asunder and broken; even the utter destruction of the city and kingdom of Babylon.
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Jeremías 50:23 In-Context

21 Sube contra la tierra de Merathaim, contra ella, y contra los moradores de Pekod: destruye y mata en pos de ellos, dice Jehov谩, y haz conforme 谩 todo lo que yo te he mandado.
22 Estruendo de guerra en la tierra, y quebrantamiento grande.
23 隆C贸mo fu茅 cortado y quebrado el martillo de toda la tierra! 隆c贸mo se torn贸 Babilonia en desierto entre las gentes!
24 P煤sete lazos, y aun fuiste tomada, oh Babilonia, y t煤 no lo supiste: fuiste hallada, y aun presa, porque provocaste 谩 Jehov谩.
25 Abri贸 Jehov谩 tu tesoro, y sac贸 los vasos de su furor: porque esta es obra de Jehov谩, Dios de los ej茅rcitos, en la tierra de los Caldeos.
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