Because Aram's head is Damascus, and Rezin is its king, within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

for before the young lad knows how to call out to his father or mother, the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria."

Isn't Calno like Carchemish? Isn't Hamath like Arpad? Isn't Samaria like Damascus?

A message about Damascus: "Look! Damascus will cease to be a city. Instead, it will become a pile of ruins.

The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and royal authority from Damascus; the survivors from Aram will be like the glory of the Israelis," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.