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The Lord was bent on destroying
    the wall of daughter Zion:
He stretched out the measuring line;[a]
    did not hesitate to devour,
Brought grief on rampart and wall
    till both succumbed.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 The measuring line: normally used for building, here employed ironically as an instrument of destruction; cf. Is 34:11; 2 Kgs 21:13.

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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