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Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
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"Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a gap in its wall for ourselves, and set a king over them, the son of Tabel"--
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thus says the Lord God: "It shall not stand, Nor shall it come to pass.
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For the head of Syria is Damascus, And the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, So that it will not be a people.
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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." ' "
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Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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"Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above."
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But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!"
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Then he said, "Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?
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Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
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Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.