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The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The bricks are fallen down - The language of this verse is figurative, but the sentiment is plain. It contains the confession of th…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The bricks are fallen down ... —Sun-dried bricks and the cheap timber of the sycamore (1 Kings 10:27) were th…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The bricks are fallen down. These are the words of men who were obstinate, and who despised the calamity they had sustained, as if it had …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The bricks are fallen down Houses made of bricks, which were without the cities besieged and destroyed by the Assyrians; …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Those are ripening quickly for ruin whose hearts remain unhumbled under humbling providences. For what God intends when He afflicts us is to turn u…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century

1. The Lord sent a word into Jacob. Here, he describes the sequence of punishment according to its various types.

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