8. For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within sixty-five years Ephraim shall be broken in pieces, so that it shall not be a people;
9. and 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. Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
11. “Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
12. But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.”