Isaiah 9:11 · KJV
“Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; {join: Heb. mingle}”
— Isaiah 9:11
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change {them into} cedars.
The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand {is} stretched out still. {open: Heb. whole}
Isaiah 9 — Context
And all the people shall know, {even} Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change {them into} cedars.
11Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; {join: Heb. mingle}
12The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand {is} stretched out still. {open: Heb. whole}
13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.
Cross References
2 Kings 16:9
And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried {the people of} it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. {Damascus: Heb. Dammesek}
Isaiah 8:4-7
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. {the riches...: or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc}
Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria {is} Damascus, and the head of Damascus {is} Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. {that...: Heb. from a people}
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Isaiah 10:9-11
{Is} not Calno as Carchemish? {is} not Hamath as Arpad? {is} not Samaria as Damascus?
Isaiah 17:1-5
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from {being} a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.