The 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. Cross References 2 Kings 21:13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab, and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl--wiping it and turning it upside down. Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. Isaiah 34:11 The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. Jeremiah 14:2 "Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Lamentations 2:18 The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. Amos 7:7 This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. Amos 7:8 "Amos, what do you see?" asked the LORD. "A plumb line," I replied. "Behold," said the Lord, "I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them: Treasury of Scripture The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. purposed Lamentations 2:17 Isaiah 5:5 Jeremiah 5:10 stretched 2 Samuel 8:2 2 Kings 21:13 Isaiah 28:17 he hath not Job 13:21 Ezekiel 20:22 destroying. Lamentations 2:2,5 he made Isaiah 3:26 Jeremiah 14:2 |