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17 the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber;
the pines are the rafters of our bedroom.

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17 The beams of our house are cedars;(A)
    our rafters are firs.

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10 “The bricks have fallen,
but we will rebuild with chiseled stone;
the sycamore fig trees have been cut down,
but we will replace them with cedars.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:10 sn Though judgment (see v. 8) had taken away the prosperity they did have (symbolized by the bricks and sycamore fig trees), they arrogantly expected the future to bring even greater prosperity (symbolized by the chiseled stone and cedars).

10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(A)
the fig(B) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(C)

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