Isaiah 9:10

“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with squared stones. They have cut down the sycamores, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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In The King James Version

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

In Context

9And all the people of Ephraim will know it. And the inhabitants of Samaria will say it, in the arrogance and haughtiness of their heart:

11And the Lord will raise up the enemies of Rezin over him, and he will turn his adversaries into a tumult:

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:9All was of precious stones, which had been sawed by a particular standard and measure, as much within as without, from the foundation even to the summit of the walls, and outside even to the great atrium.

2 Kings 16:9And he agreed to his will. For the king of the Assyrians ascended against Damascus, and he laid waste to it. And he carried away its inhabitants to Cyrene. But Rezin he killed.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:9-21

Threatenings against Judah; Threatenings against Israel. ( b. c. 740.) 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, 10 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. 11 Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; 12 The Syrians… Read the whole commentary →

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