2 Kings 21:13

And I will stretch over Yerushalayim the measuring line of Shomron, and the plumbline of the Bais Ach'av; and I will wipe Yerushalayim as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Therefore thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Hineni, I am bringing such ra'ah upon Yerushalayim and Yehudah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his oznayim shall tingle.

14And I will forsake the She'erit of Mine nachalah, and deliver them into the yad of their oyevim; and they shall become a prey and a plunder to all their oyevim;

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:21Hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ach'av mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against a wall), + 21:21 i. e., all males atzur (bond) and azuv (free) in Yisroel,

2 Kings 10:11So Yehu slaughtered all that remained of the Bais Ach'av in Yizre'el, and all his Gedolim, and his acquaintances, and his kohanim, until he left him no sarid (remnant survivor).

Isaiah 10:22For though thy people Yisroel be like the chol hayam, only a remnant of them shall return; destruction is decreed, overwhelming tzedakah.

Isaiah 28:17Mishpat also will I make as the measuring line, 1 and tzedakah to be the plumbline; 1 and the barad shall sweep away the refuge of kazav, 1 and the mayim shall overflow the hiding place. 1

Jeremiah 25:9Hinei, I will send and take all the mishpekhot of the tzafon (north), saith Hashem, and Avdi Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these Goyim all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Ezekiel 23:31Thou hast walked in the derech of thy achot; so will I give her kos into thine yad.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 21:11-19

Manasseh's Ruin Foretold. ( b. c. 643.) 10 And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying, 11 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and… Read the whole commentary →

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