Discovery BoxIsaiah 9:10 
Context9:10 “The bricks have fallen,
but we will rebuild with chiseled stone;
the sycamore fig trees have been cut down,
but we will replace them with cedars.” 1
Isaiah 61:4
Context61:4 They will rebuild the perpetual ruins
and restore the places that were desolate; 2
they will reestablish the ruined cities,
the places that have been desolate since ancient times.
1 sn Though judgment (see v. 8) had taken away the prosperity they did have (symbolized by the bricks and sycamore fig trees), they arrogantly expected the future to bring even greater prosperity (symbolized by the chiseled stone and cedars).
2 tn Heb “and the formerly desolate places they will raise up.”
