John Trapp on Isaiah 28:17

Ver. 17. Judgement alſo will I lay to the line] Or, I will ſet out judgement by line, and juſtice by plummet; that is, I will proportion your puniſhments to your offences, as it were by line and by level, that the wicked may have their due, and the godly ſuſtain no dammage. See 2 Kings 21.12, 13. Amos 7.8. Calvin ſaith, that by this expreſſion borrowed from builders, the Lord here ſheweth that when the corner-ſtone before ſpoken off ſhall be laid, the Church of the faithful built thereupon, ſhall riſe up to a fair and uniform built temple in the Lord, according to Epheſ. 2.20.

And the hail ſhall ſweep away the refuge of lyes] Or ſhovel away, or quaſi furcillis extrudet, ſhall fork away, or burn up your vain confidences; as he deſtroyed the Egyptians by hail mingled with fire.

And the waters] ſee ver. 15. & Mat. 7.27.