Isaiah 7:12
But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the LORD.”
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
In Context
11“Ask a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:16You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this same King Ahaz.
Malachi 3:15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’
1 Corinthians 10:9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, 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 →