8 For the head of Syria is Damascus,

and the head of Damascus is Rezin.

(Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people.)

9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria,

and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.

If you will not believe,

surely you shall not be established.’ ”

10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz,