Jeremiah 50:23

“How the hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!

He says, “You are My war-club, My weapon of war;
And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

“How you have fallen from heaven,
O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!

saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;

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

He says, “You are My

war-club, My weapon of war;

And with you I shatter nations,
And with you I destroy kingdoms.

that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!

saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;