2Sa 8:2, 2Ki 21:13, Lam 2:8, Mal 1:3-4 | 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.

Lamentations 2:8

8 ^eThe Lord determined to lay in ruins
^fthe wall of the daughter of Zion;
^ghe stretched out the measuring line;
he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^hhe caused rampart and wall to lament;
ⁱthey languished together.

Malachi 1:3-4

3 but Esau I have hated. ^jI have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.” 4 If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”