ESV Reformation Study Bible – Jer 51:20
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Jer 51:20

51:20 You are my hammer. Apparently addressed to Babylon; vv. 20–23 should be taken together with vv. 24–26. Babylon was God’s “hammer” (50:23) against the nations, but later Babylon’s own sin would cause it to be judged.