Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said: 'I will not ask, neither will I try the LORD.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

In Context

11'Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God: ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.'

13And he said: 'Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 6:16Ye shall not try the LORD your God, as ye tried Him in Massah.

2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he act even more treacherously against the LORD, this same king Ahaz.

Malachi 3:15And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they try God, and are delivered.'

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 →

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