Study it in the app“And I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will carry away the refuge of lies, and the hiding place, waters will sweep it away.”
And I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּיjusticeמִשְׁפָּטthe measuring lineלְקָוand righteousnessוּצְדָקָהthe plumb line;לְמִשְׁקָלֶתand hailוְ בָרָדwill carry awayיָעָהthe refugeמַחְסֵהof lies,כָזָבand the hiding place,וְסֵתֶרwatersמַיִםwill sweep it away.יִשְׁטֹפוּ
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearsmeasuring line
A stretched cord used to measure and mark out exactly.
Where else “kav” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsedaka” appearsplumb line
Plumb line: the weight hung on a cord with which the mason checks whether a wall is straight (2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 28:17). It is an image of the measure by which YHWH judges.
Where else “mishkalet” appearshail
Hail.
Where else “varad” appearssweep away
To sweep away, to drag off.
Where else “yaa” appearsrefuge, shelter
A refuge, a place to take cover.
Where else “machse” appearslie, falsehood
A lie, falsehood: what is said or sought and is not true; also something that deceives because it promises and does not deliver.
Where else “chazav” appearshiding place
A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.
Where else “seter” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsoverflow
To burst its banks and carry everything off.
Where else “yishtofu” appears16Therefore thus says Adonai YHWH: “Look, I have laid as a foundation in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a foundation well founded; the one who believes will not hurry.
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18And your covenant with death will be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand; the sweeping whip, when it passes through, you will be trampled by it.
