Isa 9:8-10 | ESV | STEP | The Lord has sent a word against Jacob , and it will fall on Israel ;

Isaiah 9:8-10

Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression

8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
9 and all the people will know,
^aEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
10 “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.”