23 “How the (A)hammer of the whole earth
Has been cut off and broken!
How Babylon has become
An object of horror among the nations!
24 “I (B)set a snare for you and you were also (C)caught, O Babylon,
While you yourself were not aware;
You have been found and also seized
Because you have engaged in (D)conflict with the Lord.”
25 The Lord has opened His armory
And has brought forth the (E)weapons of His indignation,
For it is a (F)work of the Lord [a]God of hosts
In the land of the Chaldeans.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 50:25 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

23 How broken and shattered
    is the hammer(A) of the whole earth!(B)
How desolate(C) is Babylon
    among the nations!
24 I set a trap(D) for you, Babylon,
    and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured(E)
    because you opposed(F) the Lord.
25 The Lord has opened his arsenal
    and brought out the weapons(G) of his wrath,
for the Sovereign Lord Almighty has work to do
    in the land of the Babylonians.(H)

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