Isaiah 7:12
And Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
In Context
11Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as ye tempted him in the temptation.
2 Chronicles 28:22but only troubled him in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and King Ahaz said,
Malachi 3:15And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and yet have been 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 →