Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 28:17
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Isaiah28:17
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).
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