Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear Jashub.^[a] Meet him at the end of the water channel from the upper pool, on the road that goes to the launderers^[b] field.

⁴ Tell Ahaz, “Get control of yourself, and remain calm. Do not be afraid. Do not lose your courage because of these two stubs of smoldering torches. Do not be afraid because of the fierce anger of Rezin, Aram, and the son of Remaliah, ⁵ even though Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you and said, ⁶ ‘Let’s go up against Judah and tear it apart. Let’s divide it among ourselves and set up a king over it, namely, this son of Tabe’el.’”

⁷ This is what the Lord God says.

Their plan shall not succeed.

It shall not take place.

⁸ Yes, the head of Aram is Damascus,

and the head of Damascus is Rezin,

but within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken into pieces,

so that it will no longer be a people.

⁹ The head of Ephraim is only Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.

If you do not stand firm in faith,

you will not stand at all.^[c]