23 How broken and shattered is the hammer of the whole earth! How desolate is Babylon among the nations!
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!
23 How the hammer of the whole earth is cut down and broken! How Babylon has become a horror among the nations!
23 The Hammer has been hammered, smashed and splintered, Babylon pummeled beyond recognition.
23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations! I have laid a snare for you;
23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 50:23
Commentary on Jeremiah 50:21-32
(Read Jeremiah 50:21-32)
The forces are mustered and empowered to destroy Babylon. Let them do what God demands, and they shall bring to pass what he threatens. The pride of men's hearts sets God against them, and ripens them apace for ruin. Babylon's pride must be her ruin; she has been proud against the Holy One of Israel; who can keep those up whom God will throw down?