2. When word came to the house of David that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of the king and heart of the people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.
3. Then the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller’s field,
4. and say to him: Take care you remain calm and do not fear; do not let your courage fail before these two stumps of smoldering brands, the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans and of the son of Remaliah—
5. because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you. They say,
6. “Let us go up against Judah, tear it apart, make it our own by force, and appoint the son of Tabeel king there.”
7. Thus says the Lord God:It shall not stand, it shall not be!
8. The head of Aram is Damascus,and the head of Damascus is Rezin;