5. Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
6. “Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel”—
7. thus says the Lord God:“It shall not stand,Nor shall it come to pass.
8. For the head of Syria is Damascus,And the head of Damascus is Rezin.Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken,So that it will not be a people.
9. 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. Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11. “Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”
12. But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”