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Summary
And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
I will stretch
The plummet
General references
Bible References
I will stretch
Isaiah 10:22 Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.
Isaiah 28:17 And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
Isaiah 34:11 The desert owl and the screech owl will possess it,
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
Lamentations 2:8
ח KhetThe Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.
Ezekiel 23:31
You have followed the path of your sister, so I will put her cup in your hand.”
Amos 7:7
He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand.
Zechariah 1:16
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; My house will be rebuilt within it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.
The plummet
2 Kings 10:11
So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel—all his great men, close friends, and priests—leaving him no survivors.
1 Kings 21:21
This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you and will sweep away your descendants:
I will eliminate all of Ahab’s males,
both slave and free, in Israel;
both slave and free, in Israel;
I will wipe
1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:
I will eliminate all of Jeroboam’s males,
both slave and free, in Israel;
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!
both slave and free,
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!
Isaiah 14:23
“I will make her a swampland and a region for screech owls, and I will sweep her away with a broom of destruction.”
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Jeremiah 25:9
I am going to send for all the families of the north’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation, a derision, and ruins forever.
Ezekiel 24:10 Pile on the logs and kindle the fire!
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!
Cook the meat well
and mix in the spices!
Let the bones be burned!
Revelation 18:21
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:
In this way, Babylon the great city
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.
will be thrown down violently
and never be found again.
General references
Ezekiel 7:5
This is what the Lord God says:
Look, one disaster after another is coming!