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“Let’s fight against Judah and tear it apart. We will divide the land for ourselves and make the son of Tabeel the new king of Judah.” But I, the Lord God, say,

“‘Their plan will not succeed;
    it will not happen,
because Aram is led by the city of Damascus,
    and Damascus is led by its weak king, Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Israel will no longer be a nation.

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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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