2 Kings 21:13
New American Standard Bible 1995
13 (A)I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
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Isaiah 28:17
New American Standard Bible 1995
17 “I will make (A)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then (B)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies
And the waters will overflow the secret place.
Isaiah 34:11
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 But [a](A)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [b]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (B)line of [c]desolation
And the [d]plumb line of emptiness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 34:11 Or owl or jackdaw
- Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
- Isaiah 34:11 Or formlessness
- Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void
Lamentations 2:8
New American Standard Bible 1995
8 The Lord [a]determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has (A)stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from [b]destroying,
And He has (B)caused rampart and wall to lament;
They have languished together.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:8 Lit thought
- Lamentations 2:8 Lit swallowing up
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