5. Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
6. “Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it amongst ourselves, and set up a king within it, even the son of Tabeel.”
7. This is what the Lord GOD says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it happen.”
8. For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
9. and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’”
10. The Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11. “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
12. But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the Lord.”