Isaiah 9:8-12

Expanded Bible

⁸ The Lord sent a message against ·the people of Jacob [^LJacob];
    it ·says that God will judge [^Lwill fall on] Israel.
⁹ Then everyone in Israel, even ·the leaders [^LEphraim and those living] in Samaria,
    will know that God has sent it.
Those people are proud and ·brag [^Larrogant of heart] by saying,
¹⁰ “These bricks have fallen,
    but we will build again with ·cut [hewn; dressed] stones.
These ·small trees [^Lfig trees; or sycamores] have been chopped down,
    but we will put great cedars there.”
¹¹ But the Lord has brought the enemies of Rezin against them;
    he has ·stirred up [raised up; provoked] their enemies against them.
¹² The Arameans [^CSyrians] came from the east
    and the Philistines from the west,
and they ·ate up [devoured] Israel with ·their armies [or one bite; ^Lthe whole mouth].
But the Lord was still angry;
his hand was still ·raised to punish the people [^Loutstretched].