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. The LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,

11. "Ask a sign of the LORD 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 The LORD."

13. He said, "Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?

14. Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15. He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16. For before the child knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings you abhor shall be forsaken.

4. For before the child knows how to say, 'My father,' and, 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried away by the king of AsSYRIA."

5. The LORD spoke to me yet again, saying,

6. "Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

7. now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the mighty flood waters of the River: the king of AsSYRIA and all his glory. It will come up over all its channels, and go over all its banks.

1. The burden of Damascus."Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

2. The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.

3. The fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of SYRIA. They will be as the glory of the children of Israel," says the LORD of Hosts.

For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north," says The LORD."They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.

23. Of Damascus:"Hamath is confounded, and Arpad;for they have heard evil news.They have melted away.There is sorrow on the sea.It can't be quiet.

24. Damascus has grown feeble,she turns herself to flee,and trembling has seized her.Anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her,as of a woman in travail.

25. How is the city of praise not forsaken,the city of my joy?

26. Therefore her young men will fall in her streets,and all the men of war will be brought to silence in that day,"says the LORD of Hosts.

27. "I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad."

3. The LORD says:"For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

4. but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

5. I will break the bar of Damascus,and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden;and the people of SYRIA shall go into captivity to Kir,"says The LORD.