Isaiah 9:8-12

New Century Version

⁸ The Lord sent a message against the people of Jacob;
    it says that God will judge Israel.
⁹ Then everyone in Israel, even the leaders in Samaria,
    will know that God has sent it.
Those people are proud and brag by saying,
¹⁰ “These bricks have fallen,
    but we will build again with cut stones.
These small trees 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 their enemies against them.
¹² The Arameans came from the east
    and the Philistines from the west,
and they ate up Israel with their armies.
But the Lord was still angry;
    his hand was still raised to punish the people.