Isaiah 9:8-11

The Lord sends a ¹message against Jacob,

And it falls on Israel.

And all the people know it,

That is, ^aEphraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,

Saying in lofty pride and in ^barrogance of heart:

“The bricks have fallen down,

But we will ^arebuild with cut stones;

The sycamores have been cut in pieces,

But we will replace them with cedars.”

Therefore Yahweh exalts against them adversaries from ^aRezin

And incites their enemies,

Isaiah 9:17-20

Therefore the Lord ^ais not glad in their choice men,

^bNor does He have compassion on their ¹orphans or their widows;

For every one of them is ^cgodless and an ^devildoer,

And every ^emouth is speaking wicked foolishness.

^fIn spite of all this, His anger does not turn back,

And His hand is still stretched out.

^aFor wickedness burns like a fire;

It consumes briars and thorns;

It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame,

And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

By the ^afury of Yahweh of hosts the ^bland is burned up,

And the ^cpeople are like fuel for the fire;

No ^dman spares his brother.

¹They slice off what is on the right hand but still are ^ahungry,

And ²they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;

Each of them eats the ^bflesh of his own arm.