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; Is 34:11); implying here the unsparing rigidness with which He would exact punishment.

Teth.