Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have purposed evil against thee, saying,
And I am very sore displeased with the nations that are at ease; for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.
There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
The kings of the earth set themselves,\par\tab And the rulers take counsel together,\par\tab Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, {\i saying},
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.\par
Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set up a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeel;