2 Kings 21:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab,(A) and I will wipe(B) Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down.
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Isaiah 28:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”(A)
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
Lamentations 2:8
Christian Standard Bible
ח Cheth
8 The Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line(A)
and did not restrain himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.
Amos 7:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says:
Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,(A)
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,(B)
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan[a] soil,(C)
and Israel will certainly go into exile(D)
from its homeland.
Footnotes
- 7:17 Lit unclean
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