The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion,.... Either the wall of the city, as Aben Ezra; or the wall that encompassed the temple, and all the outward courts of it, as Dr.…
Barnes' Notes
A line - Compare Isa 34:11. The destruction is systematic and thorough.
Adam Clarke
He hath stretched out a line - The line of devastation; marking what was to be pulled down and demolished.
It is a very sad representation which is here made of the state of God's church, of Jacob and Israel, of Zion and Jerusalem; but the emphasis in these verses seems to be laid all along upon the hand…
The walls were broken down and the gates removed (2Ki 25:10; Jer 52:14) to preclude rebellion. Cp. Ezr 4:12 ff.
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