Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 28:17

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17. line —the measuring-line of the plummet. HORSLEY translates, "I will appoint judgment for the rule, and justice for the plummet." As the corner-stone stands most perpendicular and exactly proportioned, so Jehovah, while holding out grace to believers in the Foundation-stone, will judge the scoffers ( :- ) according to the exact justice of the law (compare James 2:13 ). hail —divine judgment ( Isaiah 30:30 ; Isaiah 32:19 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-18" class="com-number"

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