2 Kings 21:13
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13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.(A)
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Isaiah 3:26
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26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(A)
Isaiah 34:11
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11 But the desert owl[a] and the screech owl[b] shall possess it;
the great owl and the raven shall live in it.
He shall stretch the line of confusion
and the plummet of chaos over it.(A)
Jeremiah 5:5
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5 Let me go to the rich[a]
and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
the law of their God.”
But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.(A)
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Jeremiah 5:10
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10 Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
but do not make a full end;
strip away her branches,
for they are not the Lord’s.(A)
Jeremiah 14:2
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2 Judah mourns,
and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.(A)
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