8. For the head of Aram [is] Damascus, And the head of Damascus [is] Rezin, And within sixty and five years Is Ephraim broken from [being] a people.
9. And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, And the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'
10. And Jehovah addeth to speak unto Ahaz, saying:
11. `Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make [it] high upwards.'
12. And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'