The king made Israel very rich. In the city of Jerusalem, silver was as common as rocks and cedar wood was as common as the many, many fig trees growing on the hills.
Isaiah 9:10 - Easy To Read Version “These bricks might fall, but we will build again. And we will build with \{strong\} stone. These small trees might be chopped down. But we will put new trees there. And the new trees will be large, strong trees.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The bricks have fallen, but we will build [all the better] with hewn stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put [costlier] cedars in their place. American Standard Version (1901) The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place. Common English Bible “Bricks have fallen, but let’s rebuild with stones. Sycamores were cut down, but let’s replace them with cedars.” Catholic Public Domain Version "The bricks have fallen, but we will build with squared stones. They have cut down the sycamores, but we will replace them with cedars." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
The king made Israel very rich. In the city of Jerusalem, silver was as common as rocks and cedar wood was as common as the many, many fig trees growing on the hills.
The king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. The king of Assyria went to fight against Damascus. The king captured that city and took the people from Damascus as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin.
Israel built kings’ houses.\par But it forgot its Maker!\par Now Judah builds fortresses. {\cf2\super [83]} \par But I will send a fire on Judah’s cities.\par And the fire will destroy its fortresses!”\par
Maybe the people of Edom will say, “We were destroyed. But we will go back and build our cities again.”
So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then Zacchaeus climbed a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus.