22 A cry of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

23 How is the [a]hammer of the whole world destroyed, and broken! how is Babel become desolate among the nations!

24 I have snared thee, and thou art taken, O Babel, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:23 Nebuchadnezzar, who had smitten down all the princes and people of the world.

22 The noise(A) of battle is in the land,
    the noise of great destruction!
23 How broken and shattered
    is the hammer(B) of the whole earth!(C)
How desolate(D) is Babylon
    among the nations!
24 I set a trap(E) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(F)
    because you opposed(G) the Lord.

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