2Ki 21:13 | TSK | e4.org | I will stretch This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure. ; , , ; ; ; ; the plummet ; I will wipe I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents. ; ; ; ; wiping it, and turning it upside down Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof

‏ 2 Kings 21:13

I will stretch This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure. 2Kgs 17:6; Isa 10:22, Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11; Lam 2:8; Ezek 23:31-34; Amos 7:7-8; Zech 1:16

the plummet 2Kgs 10:11; 1Kgs 21:21-24

I will wipe I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents. 1Kgs 14:10; Isa 14:23; Jer 25:9; Ezek 24:10-11; Rev 18:21-23

wiping it, and turning it upside down Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof