2 Reyes 21:13

13 "Extenderé sobre Jerusalén el cordel de Samaria y la plomada de la casa de Acab, y limpiaré a Jerusalén como se limpia un plato, limpiándolo y volviéndolo boca abajo.

2 Reyes 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 21:13

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria
The Targum is, the line of destruction; and the sense is, that the same measure should be measured to Jerusalem as was to Samaria; that is, the same lot and portion should befall one as the other, that is, be utterly destroyed:

and the plummet of the house of Ahab;
the Targum is, the weight or plummet of tribulation; signifying, that the same calamities should come upon the families of Jerusalem, and especially on the family of Manasseh as came upon the family of Ahab. It is a metaphor from builders that take down as well as raise up buildings by rule and measure, see ( 2 Samuel 8:2 )

and I will wipe Jerusalem, as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and
turning it upside down;
as when one takes a dish or cup that has broth in it, or any liquid, as oil; and the Septuagint render it alabaster, in which ointment used to be put; and wipes it clean, that nothing may appear in it; and then turns it with its mouth downward, that, if any thing should remain, it might drain out; signifying hereby the emptying o Jerusalem of its palaces and houses, wealth and riches and of all its inhabitants; and yet the empty dish being preserved, seems to denote the restoration of Jerusalem after the seventy years' captivity. According to the Vulgate Latin version, the metaphor is taken from the blotting out of writing tables, and turning and rubbing the style upon them till the writing is no more seen.

2 Reyes 21:13 In-Context

11 Por cuanto Manasés, rey de Judá, ha hecho estas abominaciones, habiendo hecho lo malo más que todo lo que hicieron los amorreos antes de él, haciendo pecar también a Judá con sus ídolos;

12 por tanto, así dice el SEÑOR, Dios de Israel: "He aquí, voy a traer tal calamidad sobre Jerusalén y Judá, que a todo el que oiga de ello le retiñirán ambos oídos.

13 "Extenderé sobre Jerusalén el cordel de Samaria y la plomada de la casa de Acab, y limpiaré a Jerusalén como se limpia un plato, limpiándolo y volviéndolo boca abajo.

14 "Abandonaré al remanente de mi heredad y los entregaré en mano de sus enemigos, y serán para presa y despojo para todos sus enemigos;

15 porque han hecho lo malo ante mis ojos, y han estado provocándome a ira desde el día en que sus padres salieron de Egipto, hasta el día de hoy."