Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Ver. 7. This he showed me, and behold] See Amos 7:4 .
The Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, &c.] Here he was set, or stood firm (as the word signifieth), as not to be removed from his purpose by any entreaties: he was fully resolved upon their ruin, and it should be done exactly, ad amussim, by line and by rule, as it were, and with so much justice, and most exquisite diligence, that against it should lie no manner of exception. It is said of the Areopagites, in Athens, that their sentence was so upright that none could ever say he was unjustly condemned of them. How much more true is this of the righteous judgment of God, who must needs therefore be justified, and every mouth stopped? Matthew 22:12. And he was speechless, because self-condemned, Titus 3:11, and had not what to request.
With a plumbline in his hand] To show that he would accurately examine their actions and punish their depravities, Lamentations 2:8 2Ki 21:13 not sparing them as heretofore. A heavy sentence surely, Psalms 130:8 .