dSee 2 Kgs. 21:13
2 Kings 21:13
13 aAnd I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.Lamentations 2:8
8 bThe Lord determined to lay in ruinscthe wall of the daughter of Zion;
dhe stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
ehe caused rampart and wall to lament;
fthey languished together.
Amos 7:7-8
7 gThis is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with ha plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8And the Lord said to me, i“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,“Behold, I am setting ja plumb line
in the midst of my people Israel;
kI will never again pass by them;
James 2:13
13For ljudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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