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Isaiah 9:10

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Isaiah 9:9.

לְבֵנִ֥יםlevenimbrickלְבֵנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “brick”, the ordinary formH3843a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)(altar of) brick, tile.נָפָ֖לוּnafalvfallנָפַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “fall”, a completed actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…וְגָזִ֣יתvegazitand hewedגָּזִיתconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and hewed”, the ordinary formH1496something cut, i.e. dressed stonehewed, hewn stone, wrought.נִבְנֶ֑הnivnehbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “build”, an unfinished actionH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.שִׁקְמִ֣יםshiqmimsycamoreשִׁקְמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “sycamore”, the ordinary formH8256a sycamore (usually the tree)sycamore (fruit, tree).גֻּדָּ֔עוּgudavcutגָּדַעverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cut”, a completed actionH1438to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anythingcut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.וַאֲרָזִ֖יםvaarazimand cedarאֶרֶזconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).נַחֲלִֽיףnachalifchangeחָלַףverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “change”, an unfinished actionH2498properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or changeabolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-9) 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

'Bricks have fallen, and hewn work we build, Sycamores have been cut down, and cedars we renew.'

World English Bible

“The bricks have fallen, but we will build with cut stone. The sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.”

Darby Translation

The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamore trees are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-9) 'The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but cedars will we put in their place.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πλίνθοι πεπτώκασιν, ἀλλὰ δεῦτε λαξεύσωμεν λίθους, καὶ κόψωμεν συκαμίνους καὶ κέδρους, καὶ οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖς πύργον.