Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ask thee—since thou dost not credit the prophet's words.
sign—a miraculous token to assure thee that God will fulfil His promise of saving Jerusalem (Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 38:7-8). "Signs," facts then present or near at hand as pledges for the more distant future, are frequent in Isaiah.
ask . . . in . . . depth—literally, "Make deep . . . ask it," that is, Go to the depth of the earth or of Hades [Vulgate and LOWTH], or, Mount high for it (literally, "Make high"). So in Matthew 16:1. Signs in heaven are contrasted with the signs on earth and below it (raising the dead) which Jesus Christ had wrought (compare Romans 10:6-7). He offers Ahaz the widest limits within which to make his choice.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 7:11:
Job 21:29
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