^{5 Ref} Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,

⁶ Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;

^{7 Ref} thus saith the Lord Jehovah, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.