Isaiah 9:8-12

Common English Bible

⁸ The Lord sent a word against Jacob;
    it fell upon Israel;
⁹     the people all knew it—
    Ephraim and the one who rules in Samaria.
But with a proud and arrogant heart they said,
¹⁰     “Bricks have fallen,
        but let’s rebuild with stones.
    Sycamores were cut down,
        but let’s replace them with cedars.”
¹¹ So the Lord raised up their foes against them,^[a]
    and stirred up their enemies—
¹²     Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west—
    and they devoured Israel with an open mouth.
Even then God’s anger didn’t turn away;
    God’s hand was still extended.