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The Lord sent a word into Jacob,

    and it falls on Israel.
All the people will know,
    including Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,
10 “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.”
11 Therefore Yahweh will set up on high against him the adversaries of Rezin,
    and will stir up his enemies,
12     The Syrians in front,
    and the Philistines behind;
    and they will devour Israel with open mouth.
For all this, his anger is not turned away,
    but his hand is stretched out still.

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The Lord’s Anger against Israel

The Lord has spoken out against Jacob;
    his judgment has fallen upon Israel.
And the people of Israel[a] and Samaria,
    who spoke with such pride and arrogance,
    will soon know it.
10 They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
    and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”

11 But the Lord will bring Rezin’s enemies against Israel
    and stir up all their foes.
12 The Syrians[b] from the east and the Philistines from the west
    will bare their fangs and devour Israel.
But even then the Lord’s anger will not be satisfied.
    His fist is still poised to strike.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:9 Hebrew of Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel.
  2. 9:12 Hebrew Arameans.