Isaiah 28:17

Isaiah 27 Isaiah 29

Isaiah 28:17 New International Version (NIV)

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

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Isaiah 34:11

Isaiah 33 Isaiah 35

Isaiah 34:11 New International Version (NIV)

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

Footnotes:

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

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Lamentations 2:8

Lamentations 1 Lamentations 3

Lamentations 2:8 New International Version (NIV)

⁸The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.

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Amos 7:7-9

Amos 6 Amos 8

Amos 7:7-9 New International Version (NIV)

⁷This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb,^[a] with a plumb line^[b] in his hand. ⁸And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

“A plumb line,” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

⁹“The high places of Isaac will be destroyed
and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined;
with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.”