Isaiah 9:9-11

Common English Bible

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—