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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 9:11 Or the enemies of Rezin

10 “The bricks have fallen down,
    but we will rebuild with dressed stone;(A)
the fig(B) trees have been felled,
    but we will replace them with cedars.(C)
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s(D) foes against them
    and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans(E) from the east and Philistines(F) from the west
    have devoured(G) Israel with open mouth.

Yet for all this, his anger(H) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.(I)

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