en_tn/isa/28/17.md

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Yahweh continues to compare what he will do for the people in Jerusalem to a builder setting up a building. (See: Isaiah 28:16)

I will make justice the measuring stick

A builder uses a measuring stick to determine if something is the correct length. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

and righteousness the plumbline

A builder uses a plumbline to determine if something is straight upright and level. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

Hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place

See how you translated the similar word "hailstorm" in Isaiah 28:1. AT: "The enemy army will come like a hailstorm and a flood, and they will destroy you and everything you thought would protect you."