2Ki 21:13, Lam 2:8, Amo 7:7-8, Jam 2:13 | 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 .

g[See ver. 1 above]

j[See ver. 7 above]

l Job 22:6-11; Ps. 18:25, 26; Prov. 21:13; Ezek. 25:11-14; Matt. 6:15; 18:32-35; Luke 6:38

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 ruins
^cthe 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. 8 And 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

13 For ^ljudgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.