“Let us go up against Yehuḏ
And all Yisra’ĕ
But Yehosheḇ
“And now you think to stand against the reign of יהוה, which is in the hand of the sons of Dawiḏ
However, יהוה would not destroy the house of Dawiḏ
Therefore יהוה his Elohim gave him into the hand of the sovereign of Aram, and they smote him, and took many of them away as captives, and brought them to Darmeseq. And he was also given into the hand of the sovereign of Yisra’ĕ
For they held out evil against You; They devised a plot; they do not prevail.
They craftily plot against Your people, And conspire against Your treasured ones.
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, But it is the counsel of יהוה that stands.
And it came to be in the days of Aḥ
‘Because Aram, Ephrayim, and the son of Remalyahu have plotted evil against you, saying,
‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “It is not going to stand, nor shall it take place.
“Inasmuch as these people refused the waters of Shiloaḥ