Isaiah 9:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ and all the people will know,
    E′phraim and the inhabitants of Samar′ia,
    who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
¹⁰ “The bricks have fallen,
    but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
    but we will put cedars in their place.”
¹¹ So the Lord raises adversaries^[a] against them,
    and stirs up their enemies.