15 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
16 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jasub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field;
17 And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking fire-brands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
18 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
19 Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, yea, the son of Tabeal:
20 Thus saith the Lord God, it shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
21 For the head of Syria, is Damascus; and the head of Damascus, Rezin: and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
22 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
23 Moreover, the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
24 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depths, or in the heights above.
25 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
