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We will rebuild. ORACLE OF JUDGMENT | Ephraim and Samaria answer loss with proud rebuilding. The warning then describes enemies pressing upon Israel. The scene illustrates the boast, not a claim to reconstruct a particular street.
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Isaiah 9:7-11

We will rebuild

Light and the Coming King · Isaiah 9

Story guide: We will rebuild. ORACLE OF JUDGMENT | Ephraim and Samaria answer loss with proud rebuilding.

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7The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it fell on Israel.

8And all the people will know—Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria—who say in pride and in arrogance of heart,

9Bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with cut stone; sycamores have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.

10And Yahweh raised up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and stirred up his enemies,

11Aram from the east and the Philistines from the west devoured Israel with full mouth. For all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out.

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