5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel against thee saying,
6 Let us go up against Judah and vex it, and let us divide it between us and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
7 Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
8 For the head of Syria shall be Damascus, and the head of Damascus Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken, and it shall never again be a people.
9 In the meantime the head of Ephraim shall be Samaria, and the head of Samaria, Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
10 Moreover the Lord spoke again unto Ahaz, saying
11 Ask a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.