Judgment also will I lay to the line - The sense of this is, I will judge them according to the exact rule of law, as an architect …

Judgment also will I lay to the line... —Rather, I make judgment for a line, and righteousne for a plummet.

And I will lay judgment to the line. The ruinous condition of the Church being such that believers hardly ventured to hope that it would b…

Judgment also will I lay to the line

A metaphor taken from builders, who in building use the line and plummet to c…

Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the eternal counse…

1. Woe to the crown. In this part, he i ues a threat against those who scorn the predictions of the prophets.

   First, he thre…