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Howאֵיךְit is cut downנִגְדַּעand broken,וַיִּשָּׁבֵרthe hammerפַּטִּישׁof allכָּלthe earth!הָאָרֶץHowאֵיךְBabylonבָּבֶלhas becomeהָיְתָהa horrorלְשַׁמָּהamong the nations!בַּגּוֹיִם
Jeremiah 50:23
Study it in the app“How it is cut down and broken, the hammer of all the earth! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 50:23, word by word
- it is cut downנִגְדַּעnigda
cut down, hew
Cut down: fell a tree or a pole; also to cut off or break.
Where else “nigda” appears- and brokenיִּשָּׁבֵרyishaver
break
To break something to pieces.
Where else “yishaver” appears- the hammerפַּטִּישׁpatish
hammer
A hammer.
Where else “patish” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- has becomeהָיְתָהhayta
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayta” appears- a horrorשַׁמָּהshama
horror
Something that horrifies everyone.
Where else “shama” appears- among the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
22A sound of war in the land, and great breaking!
23 · This verse (above)
24I set a snare for you, and indeed you were caught, Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and indeed seized, because you engaged in strife against YHWH.