Isaiah 7:13

Then I said to him, “You people who are descendants of King David, listen! You are causing me to be tired of being patient. Are you also going to cause my God to stop being patient with you [RHQ]?

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

12But when I told that to the king, he refused. He said, “ No, I will not request Yahweh to do something to prove that he will help/protect us!”

14Yahweh himself will do something for you to prove that he will help/protect you. Listen to this: A young woman will become pregnant and give birth to a son. She will name him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us’.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:9The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. ◄Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing► to you [RHQ]?

2 Chronicles 21:7However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah.

Isaiah 1:24Therefore I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘ will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did.

Isaiah 25:1Yahweh, you are my God; I will honor you and praise you [MTY]. You do wonderful things; you said long ago that you would do those things, and now you have done them like you said that you would.

Isaiah 63:10But we rebelled against him, and we caused his Holy Spirit to be sad. So he became like [MET] an enemy who fought against us.

Jeremiah 6:11So now I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” So Yahweh said to me, “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people [DOU], also.

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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