2 Kings 21:13 (KJV)

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And 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

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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. 2Ki 17:6 Isa 10:22 Isa 28:17 Isa 34:11 La 2:8 Eze 23:31-34 Am 7:7 Am 7:8 Zec 1:16

the plummet. 2Ki 10:11 1Ki 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. 1Ki 14:10 Isa 14:23 Jer 25:9 Eze 24:10 Eze 24:11 Re 18:21-23

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

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