2Ki 21:13, Isa 28:17, 34:11, Lam 2:8 | ESV | STEP | And 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 .

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.

Isaiah 28:17

17 And I will make justice ^bthe line,
and righteousness ^cthe plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Isaiah 34:11

11 ^dBut the hawk and the porcupine ^{▼▼The identity of the animals rendered hawk and porcupine is uncertain} shall possess it,
the owl and the raven shall dwell in it.
^fHe shall stretch the line of ^gconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.

Lamentations 2:8

8 ⁱThe Lord determined to lay in ruins
^jthe wall of the daughter of Zion;
^khe stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^lhe caused rampart and wall to lament;
^mthey languished together.