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Isaiah 28:17

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17Judgment also will I lay to bmthe line,

And righteousness to mthe plummet:

And nthe hail shall sweep away gthe refuge of lies,

And the waters shall foverflow gthe hiding place.

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Footnotes

  1. bver. 10.
  2. nSee Job 38:23.
  3. gver. 17. See Rom. 1:25.
  4. fComp. ver. 2, 17, 18. Job 5:21.
  5. gver. 17. See Rom. 1:25.

Cross references

  1. m2 Kin. 21:13.
  2. m2 Kin. 21:13.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will make justice the line,

and righteousness the plumb line;

and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will make justice the measuring line

and righteousness the plumb line;

hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie,

and water will overflow your hiding place.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I will make justice the measuring line

and righteousness the mason’s level.”

Hail will sweep away the false refuge,

and water will flood your hiding place.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I will test you with the measuring line of justice

and the plumb line of righteousness.

Since your refuge is made of lies,

a hailstorm will knock it down.

Since it is made of deception,

a flood will sweep it away.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will make justice the measuring line,

and righteousness the plumb line;

and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,

and waters will flood over the hiding place.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press