Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have taken evil counsel against you, saying,
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.
Let us go up against Judah, and trouble it, and let us make a breach in it for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
There is one who has come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.
And I am very much displeased with the heathen who are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.