Isaiah 7:11
“Ask for a sign from your God YHWH, || Make the request deep, or make [it] high upwards.”
Literal Standard Version
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 YHWH adds to speak to Ahaz, saying,
12And Ahaz says, “I do not ask nor try YHWH.”
Cross References
Judges 6:40And God does so on that night, and there is only dryness on the fleece, and there has been dew on all the earth.
2 Kings 19:29And this [is] the sign to you, || Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, || And in the second year the self-produced, || And in the third year you sow, and reap, || And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.
Isaiah 37:30And this [is] the sign to you, || Self-sown grain [is] food of the year, || And in the second year the spontaneous growth, || And in the third year, sow and reap, || And plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 38:22And Hezekiah says, “What [is] the sign that I go up to the house of YHWH?”
Jeremiah 19:10“And you have broken the bottle before the eyes of the men who are going with you,
Matthew 12:38Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we will to see 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 →