Verse 10
10. Whether yet chastised by the visitation of Tiglath-pileser or not, the people of Israel remain defiant and contemptuous toward the capital of Judah.
The bricks are fallen down An admission on the part of Israel of its own apparent weakness but stern resolution; its strength being seemingly but as a wall of mud-baked bricks, which had become disintegrated, and were already crumbling away.
We will build with hewn stones And so make their position stronger than ever. This expression displays the audacity and self-confidence of backslidden Israel.
Sycamores A mean timber for strong and finely finished buildings.
Cedars A wood of much greater strength and durability. The thought is another illustration of the undue self-confidence and pride of these Israelites.
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