Jeremiah 50:22-23

Jeremiah 50:22-23

[22] A sound  of battle  is in the land,  and of great  destruction.  [23] How is the hammer  of the whole earth  cut asunder  and broken!  how is Babylon  become a desolation  among the nations! 

What does Jeremiah 50:22-23 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The sounds of battle and great destruction would fill Babylonia. The nation that had been Yahweh"s hammer to smash so many other nations would be broken itself. It would become an object of horror in the earth.