Isaiah 28:17
Mishpat 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
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Exodus 9:18Hinei, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain very grievous barad (hail), such as hath not been in Mitzrayim since the foundation thereof even until now.
2 Kings 21:13And 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.
Psalms 94:15But mishpat shall revert unto tzedek; 1 and all the yishrei lev (upright in heart) shall follow after it. 1
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 28:2Hinei, Adonoi hath one, chazak and strong, 1 which as a tempest of barad (hail) and a destroying storm, 1 as a flood of mighty mayim overflowing, 1 shall cast them down to ha'aretz with the yad. 1
Isaiah 30:28And His Ruach, like an overflowing stream, 1 shall reach half-way to the tzavar (neck), 1 to sift the Goyim with the sieve of shav (vanity, futility); 1 and there shall be a misleading bridle bit in the jaws of the people.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 28:15-23
Judgments Announced; The Corner-stone in Zion. ( b. c. 725.) 14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God , Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a… Read the whole commentary →