Isaiah 7:12
And Ahaz says, “I do not ask nor try YHWH.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
In Context
11“Ask for a sign from your God YHWH, || Make the request deep, or make [it] high upwards.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16You do not try your God YHWH as you tried [Him] in Massah.
2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress—he adds to trespass against YHWH (this King Ahaz),
Malachi 3:15And now, we are declaring the proud blessed, || Indeed, those doing wickedness have been built up, || Indeed, they have tempted God, and escape.
1 Corinthians 10:9neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them tempted, and perished by the serpents;
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 →