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Jeremiah 50:23

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

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אֵ֤יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.נִגְדַּע֙nigdacutגָּדַעverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cut”, a completed actionH1438to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anythingcut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.וַיִּשָּׁבֵ֔רvayishaverand breakשָׁבַרconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and break”, the next action in the storyH7665to burst (literally or figuratively)break (down, off, in pieces, up), broken (-hearted), bring to the birth, crush, destroy, hurt, quench, [idiom] quite, tear, view (by mistake for H7663 (שָׂבַר)).פַּטִּ֖ישׁpatishhammerפַּטִּישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “hammer”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6360a hammerhammer.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אֵ֣יךְeykhhowאֵיךְparticle, interrogative — “how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.הָיְתָ֧הhayetahbeהָיָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be”, a completed actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְשַׁמָּ֛הleshamahto astonishmentשַׁמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.בָּבֶ֖לbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.בַּגּוֹיִֽםbagoyimin Gentileגּוֹיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

How hath it been cut and broken, The hammer of the whole earth! How hath Babylon been for a desolation among nations!

World English Bible

How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken! How Babylon has become a desolation among the nations!

Darby Translation

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!

Douay-Rheims

How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!

Jewish Publication Society (1917)