Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it.

And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

O Lord, they sought You in distress;
They could only whisper a prayer,
Your chastening was upon them.

We were pregnant, we writhed in labor,
We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.
We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth,
Nor were inhabitants of the world born.

They stooped over, they have bowed down together;
They could not rescue the burden,
But have themselves gone into captivity.

Thus says the Lord,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?