Lam 2:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. stretched . . . a line —The Easterns used a measuring-line not merely in building, but in destroying edifices ( ); implying here the unsparing rigidness with which He would exact punishment. Teth.

Lamentations 2:8

8. stretched . . . a line—The Easterns used a measuring-line not merely in building, but in destroying edifices (2Ki 21:13; Isa 34:11); implying here the unsparing rigidness with which He would exact punishment.

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