11 Ask [a]a sign for thee of the Lord thy God: ask it either in the depth beneath, or in the height above.

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I [b]tempt the Lord.

13 Then he said, Hear you now, O house of David, is it a small thing for you to grieve [c]men, that ye will also grieve my God?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 7:11 For the confirmation of this thing that thine enemies shall be destroyed and thou preserved.
  2. Isaiah 7:12 Not to believe God’s word without a sign, is to tempt God, but to refuse a sign when God offereth it for the aid and help of our infirmity, is to rebel against him.
  3. Isaiah 7:13 You think you have to do with men, when ye contemn God’s messengers: but it is God against whom you bend yourselves.

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