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I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/nlt/2_kings/21.htm">New Living Translation</a> I will judge Jerusalem by the same standard I used for Samaria and the same measure I used for the family of Ahab. I will wipe away the people of Jerusalem as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down. <a href="/esv/2_kings/21.htm">English Standard Version</a> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/21.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/21.htm">New King James Version</a> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the level of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish—he wipes it and turns it upside down. <a href="/amp/2_kings/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a [dirty] bowl clean, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/csb/2_kings/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason&#8217s level used on the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/asv/2_kings/21.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jerusalem is as sinful as Ahab and the people of Samaria were. So I will wipe out Jerusalem and be done with it, just as someone wipes water off a plate and turns it over to dry. <a href="/erv/2_kings/21.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will measure Jerusalem with the measuring line used for Samaria and the plumb line used for Ahab's dynasty. I will wipe out Jerusalem in the same way that a dish is wiped out and turned upside down. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/21.htm">Good News Translation</a> I will punish Jerusalem as I did Samaria, as I did King Ahab of Israel and his descendants. I will wipe Jerusalem clean of its people, as clean as a plate that has been wiped and turned upside down. <a href="/isv/2_kings/21.htm">International Standard Version</a> I'll stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line that is Samaria and the plumb line that is Ahab's dynasty. Then I'll wipe Jerusalem like one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down! <a href="/msb/2_kings/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_kings/21.htm">NET Bible</a> I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria and the dynasty of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/21.htm">World English Bible</a> I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plumb line of Ahab’s house; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And I have stretched out the line of Samaria over Jerusalem, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipes the dish—he has wiped, and has turned [it] on its face. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And I have stretched out over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and wiped Jerusalem as one wipeth the dish -- he hath wiped, and hath turned it on its face. <a href="/slt/2_kings/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I stretched over Jerusalem the cord of Shomeron, and the weight of the house of Ahab: and I wiped off Jerusalem as one will wipe dishes, wiping, and turning upon its face.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the weight of the house of Achab: and I will efface Jerusalem, as tables are wont to be effaced, and I will erase and turn it, and draw the pencil often over the face thereof. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will extend the measuring line of Samaria over Jerusalem, with the scale of the house of Ahab. And I will erase Jerusalem, just as writing tablets are usually erased. And after erasing, I will turn it and repeatedly drag a stylus over its surface. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/21.htm">New American Bible</a> I will measure Jerusalem with the same cord as I did Samaria, and with the plummet I used for the house of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a dish, wiping it inside and out. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will smite Jerusalem and destroy it because of all the abominations which Manasseh had done in Judah. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall cast upon Jerusalem the cord of Samaria and the plum line of the house of Akhab, and I shall strike Jerusalem and I shall destroy it, because of all the evil that Manassheh practiced in Yehuda<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achaab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/21-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=7445" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/21.htm">Manasseh's Idolatries Rebuked</a> …12this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. 13<a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: wə·nā·ṭî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">I will stretch out</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6957.htm" title="6957: qāw (N-msc) -- Or qav; from qavah; a cord, especially for measuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord.">the measuring line</a> <a href="/hebrew/8111.htm" title="8111: šō·mə·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Capital of N. kingdom of Isr. From the active participle of shamar; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine.">used against Samaria</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4949.htm" title="4949: miš·qō·leṯ (N-fsc) -- A leveling instrument, a level. Or mishqoleth; feminine of mishqal or mashqowph; a weight, i.e. A plummet.">and the plumb line</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">used against the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/256.htm" title="256: ’aḥ·’āḇ (N-proper-ms) -- Once oechab; from 'ach and 'ab; brother of father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon.">of Ahab,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: ū·mā·ḥî·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">and I will wipe out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer- (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: yim·ḥeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">one wipes out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6747.htm" title="6747: haṣ·ṣal·la·ḥaṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- A dish. From tsalach; something advanced or deep, i.e. A bowl; figuratively, the bosom.">a bowl—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: mā·ḥāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">wiping it</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: wə·hā·p̄aḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">and turning it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">upside down.</a> 14So I will forsake the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies. And they will become plunder and spoil to all their enemies,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11</a> The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Amos 7:7-8</a> This is what He showed me: Behold, the Lord was standing by a wall true to plumb, with a plumb line in His hand. / “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them: <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a> The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Isaiah 28:17</a> I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place. <a href="/jeremiah/15-6.htm">Jeremiah 15:6</a> You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion. <a href="/ezekiel/7-5.htm">Ezekiel 7:5-9</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Disaster! An unprecedented disaster—behold, it is coming! / The end has come! The end has come! It has roused itself against you. Behold, it has come! / Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy. ... <a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a> Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <a href="/jeremiah/19-3.htm">Jeremiah 19:3-4</a> saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring, / because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13-14</a> Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided. / I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.” <a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13-14</a> this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant! / It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-24</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ... <a href="/matthew/24-2.htm">Matthew 24:2</a> “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/mark/13-2.htm">Mark 13:2</a> “Do you see all these great buildings?” Jesus replied. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.I will stretch.<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.<a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm">Isaiah 10:22</a> For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.<a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Isaiah 28:17</a> Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.the plummet.<a href="/2_kings/10-11.htm">2 Kings 10:11</a> So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-24</a> Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, … I will wipe.<a href="/1_kings/14-10.htm">1 Kings 14:10</a> Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.<a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a> I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.<a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a> Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.wiping it, and turning it upside down.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-20.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">Line</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-38.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-9.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/judges/5-25.htm">Plate</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-10.htm">Plumb</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-10.htm">Plummet</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-34.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-34.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-14.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-36.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-2.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/judges/7-13.htm">Upside</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">Used</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-13.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-9.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-21.htm">Wipe</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-25.htm">Wipes</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm">Wipeth</a> <a href="/colossians/2-14.htm">Wiping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/18-1.htm">Ahab</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-17.htm">Dish</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-18.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-25.htm">Line</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-15.htm">Measuring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Plate</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Plumb</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-17.htm">Plummet</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-18.htm">Samaria</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-18.htm">Sama'ria</a> <a href="/job/1-11.htm">Stretch</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-1.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-22.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Upside</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">Used</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/4-6.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-16.htm">Weight</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm">Wipe</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm">Wipes</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-20.htm">Wipeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-3.htm">Wiping</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 21</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/21-1.htm">Manasseh's reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_kings/21-3.htm">His great idolatry.</a> 10. <a href="/2_kings/21-10.htm">His wickedness causes prophecies against Judah.</a> 17. <a href="/2_kings/21-17.htm">Amon succeeds him.</a> 19. <a href="/2_kings/21-19.htm">Amon's wicked reign.</a> 23. <a href="/2_kings/21-23.htm">He being slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by the people, </a> 26. <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Josiah is made king.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" 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Samaria fell to the Assyrians in 722 BC due to its idolatry and disobedience to God. The "measuring line" symbolizes judgment and destruction, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Isaiah 34:11</a> and <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a>. This reflects the principle that God is impartial and consistent in His judgments, applying the same standards to both the Northern and Southern Kingdoms.and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab The "plumb line" is a tool used to ensure structures are vertically true, symbolizing God's standard of righteousness. The house of Ahab, known for its idolatry and wickedness, was judged and destroyed (<a href="/1_kings/21-21.htm">1 Kings 21:21-22</a>). This reference underscores the severity of Jerusalem's sins, equating them with those of Ahab's dynasty. It serves as a warning that deviation from God's laws leads to inevitable judgment, as seen in <a href="/amos/7-7.htm">Amos 7:7-9</a>, where a plumb line signifies God's impending judgment on Israel.and I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes out a bowl—wiping it and turning it upside down This vivid imagery of wiping a bowl clean signifies total destruction and removal. It suggests that Jerusalem will be thoroughly cleansed of its iniquity, leaving nothing behind. This metaphor highlights the completeness of God's judgment, similar to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a>). The act of turning the bowl upside down implies a reversal of fortunes and the end of Jerusalem's status as a holy city. This prophecy was fulfilled in 586 BC when Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/25.htm">2 Kings 25</a>. The imagery also foreshadows the ultimate cleansing and restoration through Christ, who purifies believers from sin (1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, significant in biblical history as the center of worship and the location of the Temple. 2. <a href="/topical/s/samaria.htm">Samaria</a> The capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, known for its idolatry and eventual destruction. 3. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_ahab.htm">House of Ahab</a> Refers to the dynasty of King Ahab of Israel, notorious for its wickedness and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/m/measuring_line_and_plumb_line.htm">Measuring Line and Plumb Line</a> Tools used metaphorically to signify judgment and destruction, indicating precision and thoroughness. 5. <a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a> The king of Judah during this time, whose reign was marked by idolatry and evil practices, leading to God's pronouncement of judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_standard_of_righteousness.htm">God's Standard of Righteousness</a> God's use of the measuring line and plumb line signifies His unchanging standard of righteousness. Believers are called to align their lives with God's standards, avoiding the pitfalls of idolatry and sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_idolatry.htm">The Consequences of Idolatry</a> Just as Samaria and the house of Ahab faced destruction due to their idolatry, so too does persistent sin lead to judgment. Christians must guard against modern forms of idolatry, prioritizing God above all else. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> While judgment is pronounced, the opportunity for repentance remains. Believers should seek God's forgiveness and strive for spiritual renewal, trusting in His mercy and grace. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_leadership.htm">The Importance of Leadership</a> Manasseh's reign highlights the impact of leadership on a nation's spiritual health. Christian leaders are called to lead with integrity and faithfulness, guiding others toward righteousness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_word.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Word</a> God's pronouncement against Jerusalem demonstrates His faithfulness to His word, both in promises and warnings. Believers can trust in God's faithfulness, knowing He fulfills His word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 21</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'plumb_line'_in_the_bible.htm">What does "plumb line" mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_naboth_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Naboth in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_10_20-23_fit_with_israel's_doom.htm">Isaiah 10:20–23: How do we reconcile this promise of a remnant’s survival with other Old Testament passages predicting total destruction of Israel?</a> <a href="/q/2_kings_13_21__can_bones_revive_the_dead.htm">2 Kings 13:21 - How could a dead man be revived simply by touching Elisha's bones, and is there any scientific or historical corroboration for such an event?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) And I will stretch over Jerusalem . . .--Comp. <a href="/context/amos/7-7.htm" title="Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.">Amos 7:7-9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm" title="But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out on it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.">Isaiah 34:11</a>; <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm" title="The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.">Lamentations 2:8</a>. The sense is, I will deal with Jerusalem by the same rigorous rule of judgment as I have dealt already with Samaria. The figure of the measuring line and plummet suggests the idea that Jerusalem should be levelled and "laid even with the ground."As a man wipeth a (the) dish . . .--The wiping of the dish represents the destruction of the people, the turning it upside down, the overthrow of the city itself. Or perhaps, as Thenius says, the two acts together represent the single notion of making an end.Wiping it and turning it . . .--This implies a different pointing of the text (infinitives instead of perfects, which is probably right).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria; i.e. "I will do to Jerusalem as I have done to Samaria; I will execute upon it a similar judgment." God applies his measuring-line, a perfectly uniform standard, to all nations, as to all individuals, and metes out to them an equal measure of justice. Jerusalem will be presently treated as Samaria has been recently treated; and a similar destruction will overtake it. The metaphor is not to be pressed, as if cities were destroyed with as much care as they are built, by constant use of the measuring-line and the plummet. And the plummet of the house of Ahab. The justice meted out to the house of Ahab shall be meted out also to the house of David. The ways of God are equal (<a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm">Ezekiel 18:25</a>), and he is no" respecter of persons." He has one law for all; and, as the house of David has sinned in the same way, and to the same extent, as the house of Ahab had sinned, one and the same punishment will fall upon both of them. And I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. Jerusalem will be emptied, as a man empties his dish of the refuse scraps remaining on it, and will be then put away, as done with. The metaphor expresses contempt as well as condemnation. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/21-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I will stretch out וְנָטִ֣יתִי (wə·nā·ṭî·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend over עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel the measuring line קָ֣ו (qāw) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6957.htm">Strong's 6957: </a> A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord used against Samaria שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן (šō·mə·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8111.htm">Strong's 8111: </a> Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel and the plumb line מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת (miš·qō·leṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4949.htm">Strong's 4949: </a> A leveling instrument, a level used against the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Ahab, אַחְאָ֑ב (’aḥ·’āḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_256.htm">Strong's 256: </a> Ahab -- 'father's brother', a king of Israel, also a false prophet and I will wipe out וּמָחִ֨יתִי (ū·mā·ḥî·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel as כַּֽאֲשֶׁר־ (ka·’ă·šer-) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that one wipes out יִמְחֶ֤ה (yim·ḥeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to a bowl— הַצַּלַּ֙חַת֙ (haṣ·ṣal·la·ḥaṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6747.htm">Strong's 6747: </a> Something advanced, deep, a bowl, the bosom wiping [it] מָחָ֔ה (mā·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to and turning [it] וְהָפַ֖ךְ (wə·hā·p̄aḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert upside down. פָּנֶֽיהָ׃ (pā·ne·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/21-13.htm">2 Kings 21:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-13.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 21:13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the line (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 21:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/21-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 21:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 21:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>