Verse 13
I will stretch: This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure. 2 Kings 17:6, Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 34:11, Lamentations 2:8, Ezekiel 23:31-Nahum :, Amos 7:7, Amos 7:8, Zechariah 1:16
the plummet: 2 Kings 10:11, 1 Kings 21:21-Jeremiah :
I will wipe: I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents. 1 Kings 14:10, Isaiah 14:23, Jeremiah 25:9, Ezekiel 24:10, Ezekiel 24:11, Revelation 18:21-Isaiah :
wiping it, and turning it upside down: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:18 - the house 2 Kings 22:16 - Behold 2 Kings 23:27 - I will remove Isaiah 24:1 - turneth it upside down Jeremiah 19:3 - his ears Jeremiah 44:2 - a desolation Ezekiel 7:5 - General Zephaniah 1:4 - stretch
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