Isaiah 7:11
Make a request to the Lord your God for a sign, a sign in the deep places of the underworld, or in the high heavens.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
In Context
10And Isaiah said again to Ahaz,
12But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
Cross References
Judges 6:40And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.
2 Kings 19:29And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.
Isaiah 37:30And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself, and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed, and get in the grain, and make vine-gardens, and take of their fruit.
Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah said, What is the sign that I will go up to the house of the Lord?
Jeremiah 19:10Then let the potter's bottle be broken before the eyes of the men who have gone with you,
Matthew 12:38Then some of the scribes and Pharisees, hearing this, said to him, Master, we are looking for a sign from you.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 7:11-17
The Promise of Immanuel. ( b. c. 740.) 10 Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter and… Read the whole commentary →