Isaiah 9:8-10

Revised Standard Version

⁸ The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
    and it will light upon Israel;
⁹ and all the people will know,
    E′phraim and the inhabitants of Samar′ia,
    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.”