2Sa 8:2, 2Ki 21:13, Isa 28:17, 34:11, Lam 2:8, Eze 40:3, Zec 2:1-2 | ESV | STEP | And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line , making them lie down on the ground . Two lines he measured to be put to death , and one full line to be spared . And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute .

2 Samuel 8:2

2 ^aAnd he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites ^bbecame servants to David and ^cbrought tribute.

2 Kings 21:13

13 ^dAnd 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 ^ethe line,
and righteousness ^fthe plumb line;
and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Isaiah 34:11

11 ^gBut 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.
ⁱHe shall stretch the line of ^jconfusion ^{▼▼Hebrew formlessness} over it,
and the plumb line of emptiness.

Lamentations 2:8

8 ^lThe Lord determined to lay in ruins
^mthe wall of the daughter of Zion;
ⁿhe stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^ohe caused rampart and wall to lament;
^pthey languished together.

Ezekiel 40:3

3 When he brought me there, behold, there was ^qa man whose appearance was ^rlike bronze, with ^sa linen cord and ^ta measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.

Zechariah 2:1-2

A Vision of a Man with a Measuring Line

1 ^{▼▼Ch 2:5 in Hebrew} And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, ^va man with a measuring line in his hand! 2 Then I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, ^w“To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”