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Isaiah 9:10

Isaiah 9:10 is verse 10 of Isaiah chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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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.

World English Bible

“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”

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Isaiah 9:8–12 · Berean Standard Bible

8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.

9 All the people will know it— Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:

10 “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

11 The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.

12 Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

1 Kings 7:9

All these buildings were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 7:10

The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.

1 Kings 7:11

Above these were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12

The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.

1 Kings 10:27

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar as abundant as sycamore in the foothills.

Malachi 1:4

Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.

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