He hath stretched out a line. It is the "line of desolation" mentioned in Isaiah (Isaiah 34:11; comp. Amos 7:7; 2 Kings 21:13). Such is the unsparing rigour of Jehovah's judgments.
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Lamentations 2:8
Lamentations 2:8
The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain
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stretched: 2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 34:11; Amos 7:7-8
he hath not: Job 13:21; Ezekiel 20:22
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