The Lord determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.

耶和华定意拆毁锡安的城墙；他拉了准绳，不将手收回，定要毁灭。他使外郭和城墙都悲哀，一同衰败。

耶和华定意拆毁锡安的城墙；他拉了准绳，不将手收回，定要毁灭。他使城郭和城墙都悲哀，一同衰败。

耶和华定意拆毁锡安的城墙；他拉了准绳，不将手收回，定要毁灭。他使城郭和城墙都悲哀，一同衰败。

耶和华决意拆毁锡安的城墙，祂拉了准线，定意毁灭，决不停止。祂使城墙和壁垒一同悲哀哭泣。

耶和华定意要拆毁锡安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）的城墙；他拉了准绳，决不停手，务要把它吞灭。他使堡垒和城墙都悲哀，一同受痛苦。

耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆；他拉了準繩，不將手收回，定要毀滅。他使外郭和城牆都悲哀，一同衰敗。

耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆；他拉了準繩，不將手收回，定要毀滅。他使城郭和城牆都悲哀，一同衰敗。

耶和華定意拆毀錫安的城牆；他拉了準繩，不將手收回，定要毀滅。他使城郭和城牆都悲哀，一同衰敗。

耶和華決意拆毀錫安的城牆，祂拉了準線，定意毀滅，決不停止。祂使城牆和壁壘一同悲哀哭泣。

耶和華定意要拆毀錫安居民（“居民”原文作“女子”）的城牆；他拉了準繩，決不停手，務要把它吞滅。他使堡壘和城牆都悲哀，一同受痛苦。

永恆主定意要毁壞錫安小姐的城牆；他拉了準繩，不將手收回，定要毁滅；他使外郭和城牆都悲哀，一概衰敗。

郇女之牆垣、耶和華決志毀之兮、既施準繩滅之、不回其手兮、使郭與城哀哭、而同傾覆兮、

耶和華欲墮郇邑、主畫準繩、滅之毋惜兮、城堞邑垣、傾圮偕亡兮。

主曾定厥志、欲毀郇邑邑原文作女之城垣、已畫準繩、盡毀不惜、盡毀不惜原文作不禁手於毀使郭與城傾圮偕亡、傾圮偕亡原文作同憂同慘

The Lord decided to tear down the walls around the city of Zion. He measured out what he wanted to destroy. Then he destroyed Jerusalem by his power. He made even her towers and walls sing songs of sadness. All of them fell down.

The Lord determined to lay in ruins the wall of the daughter of Zion; he stretched out the measuring line; he did not restrain his hand from destroying; he caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.

The Lord was determined to destroy the walls of beautiful Jerusalem. He made careful plans for their destruction, then did what he had planned. Therefore, the ramparts and walls have fallen down before him.

The LORD determined to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not restrain himself from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls grieve; together they waste away.

The Lord determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn; They have languished together.

The Lord has purposed to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line; He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying; Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament; They languished together.

Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

The Lord determined to destroy the wall of Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not restrain Himself from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls grieve; together they waste away.

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.

The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.ט( Tet)

Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line. He has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall lament. They languish together.

I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

“ Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

The desert owl and screech owl will possess it; the great owl and the raven will nest there. God will stretch out over Edom the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of desolation.

“ Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely. Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.

This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand.And the Lord asked me,“ What do you see, Amos?”“ A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said,“ Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.

The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago. He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes.

David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

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.

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Withdraw your hand far from me, and stop frightening me with your terrors.

The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.

But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.