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He has stretched out the measuring line

"It is as though he has measured the wall"

has not withheld his hand from destroying the wall

"has used his hand to completely destroy the wall" or "has completely destroyed the wall"

He has made the ramparts and wall to lament; together they wasted away

"Because he has destroyed the ramparts and walls, they are like people who lament and have lost their strength"

ramparts

These were outer protective walls to keep attackers from breaking into the city.