^{4 Ref} Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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

⁶ "Let's go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let's divide it among ourselves, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel."

^{7 Ref} This is what the Lord Yahweh says: "It shall not stand, neither shall it happen."

^{8 Ref} 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 Ref} 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.'"