Isaiah 7:12
“No, I'm not going to ask,” Ahaz replied. “I refuse to put the Lord to the test.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
In Context
11“Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether as deep as where people are buried or as high as heaven.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Don't test the Lord your God like you did at Massah.
2 Chronicles 28:22Even at this time when he was having so much trouble, King Ahaz sinned more and more against the Lord.
Malachi 3:15From now on we'll say that the proud are blessed. Evil people do well, and nothing happens when they dare God to punish them.”
1 Corinthians 10:9Nor should we push God to the limit, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
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 →