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2 Kings 21:13

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Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I [am] bringing [such] evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.	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.	And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And I will stretch^H5186 over Jerusalem^H3389 the line^H6957 of Samaria^H8111, and the plummet^H4949 of the house^H1004 of Ahab^H256: and I will wipe^H4229 Jerusalem^H3389 as a man wipeth^H4229 a dish^H6747, wiping^H4229 it, and turning^H2015 it upside down^H6440.

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Original Hebrew

וְנָטִיתִי עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֵת קָו שֹׁמְרֹון וְאֶת־מִשְׁקֹלֶת בֵּית אַחְאָב וּמָחִיתִי אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם כַּאֲשֶׁר־יִמְחֶה אֶת־הַצַּלַּחַת מָחָה וְהָפַךְ עַל־פָּנֶיהָ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/נָטִ֣יתִי	ve./na.Ti.ti	H5186	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will stretch out
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	over
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem
אֵ֚ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
קָ֣ו	kav	H6957	HNcmsc	(the) measuring-line of
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן	sho.me.Ron	H8111	HNp	Samaria
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
מִשְׁקֹ֖לֶת	mish.Ko.let	H4949	HNcfsc	(the) leveling tool of
בֵּ֣ית	beit	H1004	HNcmsc	(the) house of
אַחְאָ֑ב	'ach.'Av	H256	HNp	Ahab
וּ/מָחִ֨יתִי	u./ma.Chi.ti	H4229	HC/Vqq1cs	and/ I will wipe clean
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem
כַּֽ/אֲשֶׁר	ka./'a.Sher-	H834	HR/Tr	just/ as
יִמְחֶ֤ה	yim.Cheh	H4229	HVqi3ms	someone wipes clean
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/צַּלַּ֨חַת֙	ha./tza.La.chat	H6747	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ bowl
מָחָ֔ה	ma.Chah	H4229	HVqp3ms	he wipes (it) clean
וְ/הָפַ֖ךְ	ve./ha.Fakh	H2015	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he turns (it) over
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
פָּנֶֽי/הָ	pa.Nei./ha	H6440	HNcbpc/Sp3fs	face/ its

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H256 — אַחְאָב (ʼAchʼâb, akh-awb'): once (by contraction) אֶחָב (Jeremiah 29:22); from אָח and אָב; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon; Ahab.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H2015 — הָפַךְ (hâphak, haw-fak'): a primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert; [idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4229 — מָחָה (mâchâh, maw-khaw'): a primitive root; properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase; also to smooth (as if with oil), i.e. grease or make fat; also to touch, i.e. reach to; abolish, blot out, destroy, full of marrow, put out, reach unto, [idiom] utterly, wipe (away, out).
• H4949 — מִשְׁקֶלֶת (mishqeleth, mish-keh'-leth): or מִשְׁקֹלֶת; feminine of מִשְׁקָל or מַשְׁקוֹף; a weight, i.e. a plummet (with line attached); plummet.
• H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H6747 — צַלַּחַת (tsallachath, tsal-lakh'-ath): from צָלַח; something advanced or deep, i.e. a bowl; figuratively, the bosom; bosom, dish.
• H6957 — קַו (qav, kav): or קָו; from קָוָה (compare קָוֶה); a cord (as connecting), especially formeasuring; figuratively, a rule; also a rim, a musical string or accord; line. Compare קַו־קַוlemma קַו־קַי yod, corrected to קַו־קַו.
• H8111 — שֹׁמְרוֹן (Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'): from the active participle of שָׁמַר; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine; Samaria.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I will stretch — 2 Kings 17:6, Isaiah 10:22, Isaiah 28:17, Isaiah 34:11, Lamentations 2:8, Ezekiel 23:31-34, Amos 7:7-8, Zechariah 1:16
• I will wipe — 1 Kings 14:10, Isaiah 14:23, Jeremiah 25:9, Ezekiel 24:10-11, Revelation 18:21-23
• the plummet — 1 Kings 21:21-24, 2 Kings 10:11

Reciprocal references (8): 2 Kings 8:18, 2 Kings 22:16, 2 Kings 23:27, Isaiah 24:1, Jeremiah 19:3, Jeremiah 44:2, Ezekiel 7:5, Zephaniah 1:4

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: LINE OF JUDGMENT, THE DIVINE
• Torrey’s: JERUSALEM
• Nave’s: ISRAEL, PROPHECIES CONCERNING, MANASSEH, RULERS

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