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12 therefore, this is the message of the Eternal One, Israel’s God: “Observe! I am going to infect Jerusalem and Judah with disaster. The ears of anyone who hears the sounds of this catastrophe will tingle! 13 I will judge the uprightness of Jerusalem by the same plumb line that I used in Samaria and by the same level I used for Ahab’s house. I will clean Jerusalem in the same manner that one cleans a dirty dish. I will wipe off the grime and flip the dish over and wipe off the underside of it as well. 14 I am going to relinquish what is left of My inheritance to the possession of their adversaries. They will be like stolen goods and booty for all their adversaries.

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12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster(A) on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(B) 13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line(C) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe(D) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 I will forsake(E) the remnant(F) of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies;

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