Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God
God’s grace towards the wayward
Jehovah does not scorn to call Himself the God of this son of David who so hardens himself.
(F. Delitzsch, D. D.)
A critical moment
In this hour when Isaiah stands before Ahaz, the fate of the Jewish people is decided for more than two thousand years. (F. Delitzsch, D. D.)
Verse Isaiah 7:11. _IN THE DEPTH _- "Go deep to the grave"] So _Aquila,_ _Symmachus, Theodotion_, and the _Vulgate_....
ASK THEE - Ask for “thyself;” ask a sign that shall be convincing to “thyself,” since thou dost not fully credit the words of the prophet. It is evident that the words of the prophet had made no impre...
CHAPTER 7 The Prophet before King Ahaz 1. _The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1)_ 2. _Isaiah sent and his message (Isaiah 7:3)_ 3. _A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10)_ 4. The sign: The virgin birth...
ISAIAH GIVES AHAZ THE ENCOURAGING SIGN OF IMMANUEL WHEN HE IS DISMAYED BY THE ALLIANCE OF SYRIA AND EPHRAIM AGAINST HIM. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1, which...
SIGN. Hebrew. _'oth_,. present visible token or pledge, as in Genesis 1:14. Ex. Isaiah 4:4. Isa 4:9. Isa 12:13. and especially Isaiah 8:18. This word is used eight times in the "former" portion (here;...
_Ask thee a sign_ The "sign" (_"ôth, móphçth_, here the former), plays a very large part in O.T. religion and with considerable latitude of meaning. The most important cases are those in which a divin...
Isaiah's last ineffectual effort to bring Ahaz to the attitude of faith. A sign is offered and refused....
MOREOVER, THE LORD SPAKE, &C.— From the 10th to the 16th verse, we have the confirmation of the promise, by a sign to Ahaz in the name of God; in which we have, _first,_ the prophet's address to Ahaz,...
THE CHRIST Isaiah 7:10-16 TEXT: Isaiah 7:10-16 10 And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above. 12 But Aha...
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. ASK THEE A SIGN OF (LITERALLY, FROM WITH-HEBREW, mee`im (H5973 ); CHALDAIC, FROM THE FACE OF) THE LORD THY...
7:11 above. (m-20) Lit. 'make deep the request, or soar upward.'...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
ASK THEE A SIGN] to prove that he may trust in Jehovah's promise. Ahaz's choice should be unlimited, he might ask a sign in heaven or from the nether world....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 7 From now on in the Book of Isaiah, the names Israel and Eph...
שְׁאַל ־לְךָ֣ אֹ֔ות מֵ עִ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יך
CHAPTER V THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 735-730 B.C. UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of general principles, preaching to his countrymen the elements of...
THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5. The invasion...
Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear po...
Ask thee (i) a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (i) For the confirmation of this thing that your enemies will be destroyed and you preserved....
_Above. Require it to thunder, (1 Kings xii. 17.) or the earth to open, Numbers xvi. 28. (Calmet)_...
Reader! do not forget again, in the perusal of this most blessed scripture, to observe how the Lord takes occasion from man's unworthiness to magnify the riches of his grace. So, indeed, the Lord hath...
_AN UNBELIEVING KING_ ‘Moreover the Lord spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above,’ etc. Isaiah 7:10 I. ISAIAH IS DESIR...
11._Either in the deep. _I understand it simply to mean _Either above or below_. He allows him an unrestricted choice of a miracle, to demand either what belongs to earth or what belongs to heaven. Bu...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
ASK THEE A SIGN OF THE LORD THY GOD,.... For though Ahaz was a wicked man, yet the Lord was his God, as he was the God of the people of Israel in general, as a nation; and knowing his unbelief and dif...
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Ver. 11. _Ask the sign of the Lord._] Not of any other God, to whom thou art addicted. _ Thy God._] From whom...
_The Lord spake again unto Ahaz_ Namely, by Isaiah. “From hence to Isaiah 7:16, we have the confirmation of the promise, by a sign to Ahaz, in the name of God; in which we have, first, the prophet's a...
Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, this offer to perform a miracle being intended to confirm the promise just made; ASK IT EITHER IN THE DEPTH, in the underworld, in hell, OR IN THE HEIGHT ABOVE, i...
THE SON OF THE VIRGIN PROMISED...
ASK IT EITHER IN THE DEPTH: Or, make thy petion deep...
10-16 Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reprov...
ASK THEE A SIGN OF THE LORD; I perceive thou dost not believe God's word and message now delivered by me; yet God is so patient and merciful to thee, that he gives thee liberty to demand of him any si...
Isaiah 7:11 Ask H7592 (H8798) sign H226 LORD H3068 God H430 ask H7592 (H8800) depth H6009 ...
THE MISERABLE FAILURE OF AHAZ AND GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS HOUSE (ISAIAH 7:10). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it would det...
Isaiah 7:10 I. Isaiah is desired to offer Ahaz a sign either in the depth or the height. That the Jewish economy was in some sense an economy of signs we all admit. The Jewish prophet was to call the...
Isaiah 7:1. And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jer...
CONTENTS: Evil confederacy of Rezin and Jekah. The sign of the Virgin's Son. Prediction of impending invasion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ahaz, Rezin, Pekah, Isaiah, Shear-jashub. CONCLUSION:...
Isaiah 7:1. _In the days of Ahaz,_ the second or the third year of his reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6. _Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst of it,...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:10 AHAZ, king of Judah, sees Syria and EPHRAIM (the northern kingdom) as a threat, even though the Lord has said Ahaz has nothing to fear from them. Though Ahaz is the heir of...
ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3. _Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c._ In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance— I. OF GOD’S EFFORTS TO TURN MEN FROM RUINOUS COURSES. God is...
SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
Now Uzziah is dead and his grandson Ahaz is reigning. It came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin was the king of Syria, and Pekah was the...
2 Kings 20:8; Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 38:22; Isaiah 38:7; Isaiah 38:8;...
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...