Isaiah 28 · Verse 17

Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Isaiah 28:17, King James Version

Isaiah 28:17 in other translations

BSBI will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
WEBI will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line. The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters will overflow the hiding place.
ASVAnd I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
YLTAnd I have put judgment for a line, And righteousness for a plummet, And sweep away doth hail the refuge of lies, And the secret hiding-place do waters overflow.
DARBYAnd I will appoint judgment for a line, and righteousness for a plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
BBEAnd I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.
WebsterJudgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.

What does Isaiah 28:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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 (Is 28:15) according to the exact justice of the law (compare Jas 2:13). hail--divine judgment (Is 30:30; 32:19).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 28:16-22

Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counsels of God. This foundation is a stone, firm and able to support his church. It is a tried stone, a chosen stone, approved of God, and never failed any who made trial of it. A corner stone, binding together the whole building, and bearing the whole weight; precious in the…

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Isaiah 28:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.Tiand I will makeH7760
מִשְׁפָּט֙mish.PatjusticeH4941
לְקָ֔וle.Kav<into> a measuring-lineH6957
וּצְדָקָ֖הu.tze.da.Kahand righteousnessH6666
לְמִשְׁקָ֑לֶתle.mish.Ka.let<into> a leveling toolH4949
וְיָעָ֤הve.ya.'Ahand it will sweep awayH3261
בָרָד֙va.RadhailH1259
מַחְסֵ֣הmach.Seh[the] refuge ofH4268
כָזָ֔בkha.ZavfalsehoodH3577
וְסֵ֥תֶרve.Se.terand [the] shelterH5643
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwatersH4325
יִשְׁטֹֽפוּ\׃yish.To.futhey will overflowH7857

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Cross references for Isaiah 28:17

  • 2 Kings 21:13

    And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

  • Revelation 16:21

    And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

  • Amos 7:7-9

    Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

  • Romans 2:5

    But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  • Romans 2:2

    But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

  • Isaiah 28:2

    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

  • Revelation 11:19

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

  • Jeremiah 7:14

    Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.

  • Exodus 9:18-19

    Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.

  • Isaiah 32:18-19

    And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place.

  • Isaiah 5:16

    But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

  • 2 Peter 3:6-7

    Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Judgment.
10:22; 2Ki 21:13; Ps 94:15; Am 7:7-9; Ro 2:2,5; 9:28; Re 19:2
and the hail.
2,15; 25:4; 32:2,18,19; Ex 9:18,19; Jos 10:11; Jer 7:4-8,14,20
Jer 23:19; 30:23,24; Eze 13:10-16; 38:22; Re 8:7; 11:19; 16:21
and the waters.
30:28; Job 22:16; Da 11:22; Mt 7:27; 2Pe 3:6,7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Isaiah 28:16

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

  • Isaiah 28:17

    Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.

  • Isaiah 28:18

    And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.

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Isaiah 28:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y ajustaré el juicio á cordel, y á nivel la justicia; y granizo barrerá la acogida de la mentira, y aguas arrollarán el escondrijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et j’ai mis le jugement pour cordeau, et la justice pour plomb, et la grêle balaiera l’abri de mensonge, et les eaux inonderont la retraite cachée;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde das Recht zur Richtschnur machen, und die Gerechtigkeit zum Senkblei. Und der Hagel wird hinwegraffen die Zuflucht der Lüge, und die Wasser werden den Bergungsort wegschwemmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et ponam in pondere judicium, et justitiam in mensura; et subvertet grando spem mendacii, et protectionem aquæ inundabunt.