6. “Let us go up against Yehuḏah and tear it apart, and break it open for ourselves, and set a sovereign over them, the son of Taḇe’ĕl.”
7. ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “It is not going to stand, nor shall it take place.
8. “For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Retsin. And within sixty-five years Ephrayim is to be broken as a people.
9. “And the head of Ephrayim is Shomeron, and the head of Shomeron is the son of Remalyahu. If you do not believe, you are not steadfast.” ’ ”
10. And יהוה spoke again to Aḥaz, saying,
11. “Ask a sign for yourself from יהוה your Elohim; make deep the request or make it high.”
12. But Aḥaz said, “I do not ask nor try יהוה!”