5. Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, saying:
6. Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.
7. Thus saith the Lord God: It shall not stand, and this shall not be.
8. But the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Basin: and within threescore and five years, Ephraim shall cease to be a people:
9. And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.
10. And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:
11. Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.
12. And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.
13. And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?