Add parallel Print Page Options

But I, the Lord God, say,

Their plan will not succeed.
    It will not happen.
That is because Aram is led by the city of Damascus.
    And Damascus is led by its weak king, Rezin.
Within 65 years Israel will no longer be a nation.
Israel is led by the city of Samaria,
    and Samaria is led by its weak king, the son of Remaliah.
If your faith is not strong,
    then you will not have strength to last.’”

Read full chapter

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.
The head of Ephraim is Samaria,(F)
    and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son.
If you do not stand(G) firm in your faith,(H)
    you will not stand at all.’”(I)

Read full chapter