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the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone, and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change <i>them into</i> cedars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, But we will replace <i>them</i> with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace <i>them</i> with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace <i>them</i> with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with cut stones; The sycamores have been cut in pieces, But we will replace <i>them</i> with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild [all the better] with ashlar (hewed stones); The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with [expensive] cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Houses of brick and sycamore have fallen to the ground, but we will build houses with stones and cedar." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with hand-cut stones. Fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"The brick buildings have fallen down, but we will replace them with stone buildings. The beams of sycamore wood have been cut down, but we will replace them with the finest cedar." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamore trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Bricks have fallen, and we build hewn work, "" Sycamores have been cut down, and we renew cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The bricks fell, and we will build with hewn stone: the sycamores were cut down, and the cedars we will renew.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with square stones: they have cut down the sycamores, but we will change them for cedars. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with squared stones. They have cut down the sycamores, but we will replace them with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“Bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stone; Sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with dressed stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />We shall lay bricks and hew stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“We shall lay bricks and we shall cut piles of wood and we shall cut sycamores and we shall exchange cedars”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; The sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/9-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1957" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/9.htm">Judgment Against Israel's Pride</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3843.htm" title="3843: lə·ḇê·nîm (N-fp) -- Brick, tile. From laban; a brick.">“The bricks</a> <a href="/hebrew/5307.htm" title="5307: nā·p̄ā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall, lie. A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications.">have fallen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: niḇ·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">but we will rebuild</a> <a href="/hebrew/1496.htm" title="1496: wə·ḡā·zîṯ (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- A cutting, hewing. From gazah; something cut, i.e. Dressed stone.">with finished stone;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8256.htm" title="8256: šiq·mîm (N-fp) -- Sycamore tree. Or shiqmah; of uncertain derivation; a sycamore.">the sycamores</a> <a href="/hebrew/1438.htm" title="1438: gud·dā·‘ū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To hew, hew down or off. A primitive root; to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything.">have been felled,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2498.htm" title="2498: na·ḥă·lîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cp) -- To pass on or away, pass through. A primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change.">but we will replace them</a> <a href="/hebrew/730.htm" title="730: wa·’ă·rā·zîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A cedar. From 'araz; a cedar tree.">with cedars.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a></span><br />Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/45-4.htm">Jeremiah 45:4</a></span><br />Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-12</a></span><br />Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. / Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Malachi 1:4</a></span><br />Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/127-1.htm">Psalm 127:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-37.htm">Lamentations 3:37</a></span><br />Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-14.htm">Hosea 8:14</a></span><br />Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/20-11.htm">1 Kings 20:11</a></span><br />And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-12.htm">Zephaniah 1:12</a></span><br />And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-22.htm">2 Kings 19:22-23</a></span><br />Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! / Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm">Matthew 11:23</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-15.htm">Luke 10:15</a></span><br />And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-12.htm">1 Corinthians 10:12</a></span><br />So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-13.htm">James 4:13-16</a></span><br />Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” / You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. / Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a></span><br />As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.</p><p class="hdg">bricks</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">1 Kings 7:9-12</a></b></br> All these <i>were of</i> costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and <i>so</i> on the outside toward the great court… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm">1 Kings 10:27</a></b></br> And the king made silver <i>to be</i> in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he <i>to be</i> as the sycomore trees that <i>are</i> in the vale, for abundance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Malachi 1:4</a></b></br> Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Bricks</a> <a href="/songs/8-9.htm">Build</a> <a href="/psalms/48-13.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-13.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Change</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-1.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-6.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Felled</a> <a href="/songs/2-13.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-1.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/psalms/102-16.htm">Rebuild</a> <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Renew</a> <a href="/job/21-2.htm">Replace</a> <a href="/songs/5-14.htm">Smooth</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-15.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-2.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Sycamore</a> <a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Sycamores</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-2.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Bricks</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-33.htm">Build</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-10.htm">Buildings</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm">Cedars</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-6.htm">Change</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-2.htm">Dressed</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Fallen</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Felled</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-4.htm">Fig</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm">Hewn</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-13.htm">Rebuild</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-31.htm">Renew</a> <a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">Replace</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-2.htm">Smooth</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Sycamore</a> <a href="/amos/7-14.htm">Sycamores</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by the birth and kingdom of Christ</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-8.htm">The judgments upon Israel for their pride</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">For their hypocrisy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">And for their unrepentance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, it refers to the Assyrian invasion that devastated the Northern Kingdom of Israel. The use of "bricks" suggests structures that were not built to last, symbolizing human efforts and pride that are easily toppled. Biblically, this can be connected to the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>), where bricks were used in an attempt to reach the heavens, representing human arrogance and defiance against God.<p><b>but we will rebuild with finished stone</b><br>The intention to rebuild with "finished stone" indicates a desire for strength and permanence, contrasting with the fragility of bricks. This reflects a human tendency to rely on one's own strength and resources rather than seeking divine guidance. Historically, finished stones were more durable and costly, symbolizing a false sense of security and self-reliance. This attitude is critiqued throughout scripture, as seen in <a href="/psalms/127.htm">Psalm 127:1</a>, which emphasizes that unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.<p><b>the sycamores have been felled</b><br>Sycamore trees, common in the region, were used for their wood and represented prosperity and stability. Their felling signifies loss and judgment, as seen in the broader context of Isaiah's prophecies against Israel for their disobedience and idolatry. The sycamore's destruction can be seen as a metaphor for the removal of God's blessings due to the nation's unfaithfulness.<p><b>but we will replace them with cedars</b><br>Cedars, particularly from Lebanon, were highly valued for their quality and durability, often used in significant construction projects like Solomon's Temple (<a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a>). The intention to replace sycamores with cedars suggests an attempt to restore and even surpass former glory through human effort. This reflects a recurring biblical theme where people seek to establish their own strength and identity apart from God, as seen in the pride of Tyre (<a href="/ezekiel/27-5.htm">Ezekiel 27:5</a>). Theologically, this can be interpreted as a warning against pride and self-sufficiency, urging reliance on God rather than material or human resources.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom of Israel is the primary audience of this prophecy. They are experiencing judgment due to their disobedience and pride.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophet_isaiah.htm">Prophet Isaiah</a></b><br>The author of the book, Isaiah is delivering God's message to the people of Israel, warning them of the consequences of their actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyrian_invasion.htm">Assyrian Invasion</a></b><br>The historical context involves the Assyrian Empire's invasion, which led to the destruction of parts of Israel, symbolized by the fallen bricks and cut-down sycamores.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/bricks_and_dressed_stone.htm">Bricks and Dressed Stone</a></b><br>Symbolic of Israel's defiance and determination to rebuild stronger despite God's judgment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sycamores_and_cedars.htm">Sycamores and Cedars</a></b><br>Represent the nation's pride and self-reliance, choosing to replace what was lost with something perceived as superior.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/pride_and_self-reliance.htm">Pride and Self-Reliance</a></b><br>The verse highlights the danger of relying on human strength and wisdom instead of seeking God's guidance and help.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment_and_response.htm">Divine Judgment and Response</a></b><br>It serves as a reminder that God's judgment is an opportunity for repentance, not defiance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_restoration.htm">True Restoration</a></b><br>True restoration comes from aligning with God's will, not merely rebuilding with better materials.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_materials.htm">Symbolism of Materials</a></b><br>The choice of materials (bricks vs. dressed stones, sycamores vs. cedars) symbolizes the futility of human pride and the need for humility before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/lessons_from_history.htm">Lessons from History</a></b><br>Reflect on historical examples of nations or individuals who faced similar situations and learn from their responses.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_harbinger.htm">What is the Harbinger?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_solomon's_kingdom_truly_wealthy.htm">The lavish imagery in Song of Solomon 1 implies a royal court with abundant wealth. Is there corroborating historical evidence that Solomon's kingdom was this prosperous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_liken_assyria_to_a_tall_cedar.htm">How can Ezekiel 31:3 liken Assyria to a cedar 'taller than all the trees,' when historical or archaeological evidence doesn't support such an exaggerated greatness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_isn't_solomon's_wealth_in_other_records.htm">If Solomon truly surpassed all other kings in riches and wisdom (2 Chronicles 9:22), why is this not clearly reflected in other ancient Near Eastern records?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">The bricks are fallen down . . .</span>--Sun-dried bricks and the cheap timber of the sycamore (<a href="/1_kings/10-27.htm" title="And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.">1Kings 10:27</a>) were the common materials used for the dwellings of the poor, hewn stones and cedar for the palaces of the rich. Whatever injury Samaria had sustained (the words are too proverbially figurative to make literal interpretation probable), through the intervention of Tiglath-pileser, was, its rulers thought, but as the prelude to a great and more lasting victory even than that of <a href="/2_chronicles/28-6.htm" title="For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.">2Chronicles 28:6</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The bricks are fallen down</span>, etc.; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> we have suffered a moderate damage, but we will more than make up for it; all our losses we will replace with something better. Bricks were the ordinary material for the poorer class of houses in Palestine; stone was reserved for the dwellings of the rich and great (<a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11</a>). Sycamore wood was the commonest sort of timber, cedar the scarcest and most precious, having to be imported from Phoenicia (<a href="/1_kings/5-6.htm">1 Kings 5:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/2-3.htm">2 Chronicles 2:3</a>; <a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a>). (On the contrast between cedar and sycamore wood, comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/1-15.htm">2 Chronicles 1:15</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">Cut down.</span> The Israelites probably alluded to damage done by Tiglath-Pileser in his first invasion. The Assyrians were in the habit of actually cutting down trees in foreign countries, in order to injure and weaken them; but the present passage is, perhaps, rather intended to be figurative. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/9-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“The bricks</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֵנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇê·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3843.htm">Strong's 3843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Brick, tile</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have fallen,</span><br /><span class="heb">נָפָ֖לוּ</span> <span class="translit">(nā·p̄ā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5307.htm">Strong's 5307: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall, lie</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but we will rebuild</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְנֶ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> </span><span class="str2">To build</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with finished stone;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָזִ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·zîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1496.htm">Strong's 1496: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something cut, dressed stone</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sycamores</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁקְמִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šiq·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8256.htm">Strong's 8256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sycamore tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have been felled,</span><br /><span class="heb">גֻּדָּ֔עוּ</span> <span class="translit">(gud·dā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1438.htm">Strong's 1438: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fell a, tree, to destroy anything</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but we will replace</span><br /><span class="heb">נַחֲלִֽיף׃</span> <span class="translit">(na·ḥă·lîp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2498.htm">Strong's 2498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them with cedars.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲרָזִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·rā·zîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_730.htm">Strong's 730: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cedar tree</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/9-10.htm">Isaiah 9:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/9-10.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 9:10 The bricks have fallen but we will (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 9:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 9:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>