6 “Let’s march up against Judah, tear it apart, capture it for ourselves, and install Tabeel’s son as its king.”
7 But the Lord God says: It won’t happen; it won’t take place.
8 The chief of Aram is Damascus; the chief of Damascus is Rezin (in sixty-five more years Ephraim will be shattered as a nation);
9 the chief of Ephraim is Samaria; and the chief of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you don’t believe this, you can’t be trusted.’”
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz:
11 "Ask a sign from the Lord your God. Make it as deep as the grave or as high as heaven."
12 But Ahaz said, "I won’t ask; I won’t test the Lord."