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.

¹¹ The desert owl^[a] and the screech owl^[b] will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.^(A)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.^(B)

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.