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Hammer

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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Besides its ordinary sense, used for any overwhelming power, earthly (Jeremiah 50:23, "the hammer of the whole earth," Babylon, as Martel, "little hammer," was a title of the Frank king) or spiritual (Jeremiah 23:29, "is not My word like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?".) Compare Nahum 2:1 margin

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Hammer'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​h/hammer.html. 1949.
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