2 Kings 21:13
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
13 I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line used on Samaria and the mason’s level used on the house of Ahab,(A) and I will wipe(B) Jerusalem clean as one wipes a bowl – wiping it and turning it upside down.
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Isaiah 5:16
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
16 But the Lord of Armies is exalted by his justice,(A)
and the holy God(B) demonstrates his holiness through his righteousness.(C)
Isaiah 30:18
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
The Lord’s Mercy to Israel
18 Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy,
and is rising up to show you compassion,(A)
for the Lord is a just God.
All who wait patiently for him are happy.
Isaiah 61:8
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
8 For I the Lord love justice;(A)
I hate robbery and injustice;[a]
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant(B) with them.
Footnotes
- 61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
Amos 7:7-9
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Third Vision: A Plumb Line
7 He showed me this: The Lord was standing there by a vertical wall with a plumb line in his hand. 8 The Lord asked me, ‘What do you see, Amos? ’(A)
I replied, ‘A plumb line.’
Then the Lord said, ‘I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel;(B) I will no longer spare them:(C)
9 Isaac’s high places(D) will be deserted,
and Israel’s sanctuaries will be in ruins;(E)
I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam
with a sword.’
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