5. Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
6. “Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it,”
7. thus says the Lord God: “‘It shall not stand,and it shall not come to pass.
8. For the head of Syria is Damascus,and the head of Damascus is Rezin.And within sixty-five yearsEphraim will be shattered from being a people.
9. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you are not firm in faith,you will not be firm at all.’”
10. Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,
11. “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.”
12. But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
13. And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also?
14. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.