How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! The hammer of the whole earth - i:e., Babylon, so called because of its ponderous destructive power; just as 'Martel,' i:e., a little hammer, was the surname of a king of the Franks (Isaiah 14:6).
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Jeremiah 50:23
23 How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!