¹⁷ And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”^(A)
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.

¹¹ Eagle owls^[a] and herons^[b] will possess it,
and long-eared owls and ravens will dwell there.^(A)
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line^(B) over her
for her destruction and chaos.^(C)

⁸ The Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line^(A)
and did not restrain himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.

Your wife will be a prostitute in the city,^(A)
your sons and daughters will fall by the sword,^(B)
and your land will be divided up
with a measuring line.
You yourself will die on pagan^[a] soil,^(C)
and Israel will certainly go into exile^(D)
from its homeland.