Isaiah 9:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ The Lord sent a word against Jacob;
    it fell upon Israel;
⁹     the people all knew it—
    Ephraim and the one who rules in Samaria.
But with a proud and arrogant heart they said,
¹⁰     “Bricks have fallen,
        but let’s rebuild with stones.
    Sycamores were cut down,
        but let’s replace them with cedars.”