2Ki 21:13, Psa 146:9, Isa 29:16, Act 17:6 | TSK | STEP | I will stretch.This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure. the plummet. I will wipe.I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents. wiping it, and turning it upside down. Heb. he wipeth andturneth it upon the face thereof.

2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch.This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure.

17:6; Isa 10:22; 28:17; 34:11; La 2:8; Eze 23:31-34; Am 7:7,8

Zec 1:16

the plummet.

10:11; 1Ki 21:21-24

I will wipe.I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents.

1Ki 14:10; Isa 14:23; Jer 25:9; Eze 24:10,11; Re 18:21-23

wiping it, and turning it upside down. Heb. he wipeth andturneth it upon the face thereof.