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.
This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand.
The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water
So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his great men and close friends and
Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, ove
Because you have followed the path of your sister, I will put her cup into your hand.’
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar ki
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, b
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My house will be rebuilt, declar
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he s
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violenc
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the
Pile on the logs and kindle the fire; cook the meat well and mix in the spices; let the bones be burned.
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring calamity on you and consume your descendants; I will cut off from Ahab every m