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Let us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder [each of us taking a portion], and set a [vassal] king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel,

Thus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.

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“Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.” Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says:(A)

“‘It will not take place,
    it will not happen,(B)
for the head of Aram is Damascus,(C)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(D)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(E) to be a people.

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