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;
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.Within sixty-five years,Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation.Unless your faith is firm,you shall not be firm!