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Lamentations 2:8

WEB

8The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.

KJV

8The LORD[+] hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

BSB

8The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away.

FBV

8The Lord was determined to destroy the defensive walls of the Daughter of Zion. He measured out[+] he would destroy, and didn't hesitate to do it. He made the battlements and walls weep; they both disintegrated.

Extra References

2 Kings 21:13

13I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

Isaiah 34:11

11But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

Jeremiah 14:2

2“Judah mourns, and its gates languish. They sit in black on the ground. The cry of Jerusalem goes up.

Isaiah 3:26

26Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

Jeremiah 5:10

10“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end. Take away her branches, for they are not the LORD’s.

Amos 7:7-8

7Thus he showed me: behold, the Lord stood beside a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. 8The LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel. I will not again pass by them any more.

Job 13:21

21withdraw your hand far from me, and don’t let your terror make me afraid.

Lamentations 2:17

17The LORD has done that which he planned. He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old. He has thrown down, and has not pitied. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you. He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

Isaiah 28:17

17I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.

2 Samuel 8:2

2He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.