King James Version
Isaiah 9:10 in the King James Version says “The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.”
Isaiah 9:10 · KJV
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; join: Heb. mingle
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. open: Heb. whole
KJV Study — Public Domain
“are fallen down”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“but we will change”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
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