13 (A)I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line(A) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe(B) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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17 I will make (A)justice the measuring line
And righteousness the level;
Then (B)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the secret place.

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17 I will make justice(A) the measuring line
    and righteousness the plumb line;(B)
hail(C) will sweep away your refuge, the lie,
    and water will overflow(D) your hiding place.

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11 But [a](A)pelican and hedgehog will possess it,
And [b]owl and raven will dwell in it;
And He will stretch over it the (B)line of [c]desolation
And the [d]plumb line of emptiness.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:11 Or owl; or jackdaw
  2. Isaiah 34:11 Or great horned owl
  3. Isaiah 34:11 Or formlessness
  4. Isaiah 34:11 Lit stones of void

11 The desert owl[a](A) and screech owl[b] will possess it;
    the great owl[c] and the raven(B) will nest there.
God will stretch out over Edom(C)
    the measuring line of chaos(D)
    and the plumb line(E) of desolation.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.
  3. Isaiah 34:11 The precise identification of these birds is uncertain.

The Lord determined to destroy
The wall of the daughter of Zion.
He has (A)stretched out a line,
He has not restrained His hand from [a]destroying,
And He has (B)caused rampart and wall to mourn;
They have languished together.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:8 Lit engulfing

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(A)
He stretched out a measuring line(B)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(C) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(D)

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