And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
Isaiah 9:10 - English Standard Version 2016 “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.” 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. |
And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah.
And the king of Assyria listened to him. The king of Assyria marched up against Damascus and took it, carrying its people captive to Kir, and he killed Rezin.
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
If Edom says, “We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins,” the Lord of hosts says, “They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called ‘the wicked country,’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.’”
So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way.