I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria, and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
In context
11“Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations — he has done more evil than all the Amorites did before him, and has caused Judah also to sin with his idols — 12this is what Yahweh, God of Israel, says: I am about to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will ring. 13I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria, and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14I will abandon the remnant of my inheritance and hand them over to their enemies; they will become plunder and prey to all their enemies, 15because they have done what is evil in my eyes and have provoked me ever since the day their fathers came out of Egypt, until this very day.”
