He hath stretched out a line. — The phrase implies (See Notes on 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 34:11; Amos 7:7) the systematic thoroughness of the work of destruction.
He made the rampart. — Even the very stones of the walls of Zion are thought of as “crying out” and wailing over their own downfall. (Comp. Habakkuk 2:11; Luke 19:40.)