Isaiah 28:17
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Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
In other translations
Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
Hebrew words
וְשַׂמְתִּיvesamtiand I will makeH7760מִשְׁפָּטmishpatjusticeH4941לְקָוlekav<into> a measuring-lineH6957וּצְדָקָהutzedakahand righteousnessH6666לְמִשְׁקָלֶתlemishkalet<into> a leveling toolH4949וְיָעָהveya'ahand it will sweep awayH3261בָרָדvaradhailH1259מַחְסֵהmachseh[the] refuge ofH4268כָזָבkhazavfalsehoodH3577וְסֵתֶרveseterand [the] shelterH5643מַיִםmayimwatersH4325יִשְׁטֹפוּ׃yishtofuthey will overflowH7857
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- 2 Kings 21:13And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.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.
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- Jeremiah 7:14Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.therefore what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears My Name, the house in which you trust, the place that I gave to you and your fathers.
- Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
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