2Ki 21:13 | HCSB | STEP | I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab , and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl

2 Kings 21:13

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: When something is clean, it is holy or acceptable to God. When it is unclean, it is unholy (such as an unclean spirit). The term can be used in a ritual sense to apply to moral standards for living.}clean as one wipes a bowl – wiping it and turning it upside down.