I will stretch: This metaphor is taken from the custom of using a line in measuring land, and in dividing portions of it among several persons. Samaria was taken, pillaged, and ruined, and its inhabitants carried into captivity: Jerusalem shall have the same measure. 2Ki 17:6, Isa 10:22, Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11, Lam 2:8, Eze 23:31-34, Amo 7:7, Amo 7:8, Zec 1:16 the plummet: 2Ki 10:11, 1Ki 21:21-24 I will wipe: I will empty Jerusalem of all its wealth and inhabitants, as truly as a dish turned up and wiped is emptied of its contents. 1Ki 14:10, Isa 14:23, Jer 25:9, Eze 24:10, Eze 24:11, Rev 18:21-23 wiping it, and turning it upside down: Heb. he wipeth and turneth it upon the face thereof Reciprocal: 2Ki 8:18 - the house 2Ki 22:16 - Behold 2Ki 23:27 - I will remove Isa 24:1 - turneth it upside down Jer 19:3 - his ears Jer 44:2 - a desolation Eze 7:5 - General Zep 1:4 - stretch