Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying,
When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” his heart and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
“Let us go up against Judah and terrify it, and let us conquer it for ourselves, and set up the son of Tabe-el as king in the midst of it,”
Did one not come out from you, who plotted evil against the Lord, and counseled villainy?
And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was angry but a little they furthered the disaster.