Jeremiah 50:23

How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!.... The Targum is,

"how is the king cut down and broken that moved the whole earth!''

The king of Babylon, or the kingdom of Babylon,…

The hammer - Babylon, by whose instrumentality Yahweh had crushed the nations, is now cut asunder, i. e., the head of iron or bronze is cut away from the wooden handle, and broken.

Here, 1. The forces are mustered and commissioned to destroy Babylon, and every thing is got ready for a descent upon that potent kingdom: Go up against that land by Merathaim, the country of the…

the hammer For the figure cp. Jer 23:29, and for its application to Babylon Jer 51:20-23. Cp. for the title, as given in later days, Charles Martel(hammer), who was grandfather of Charles the Great,…