Isaiah 7:13

Isaiah 7:13

11 ^a“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God;¹ ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”

12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”

13 Then he said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also?

14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: ^aBehold, the virgin shall conceive and bear ^ba Son, and shall call His name ^cImmanuel.

15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.

16 ^aFor before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land that you dread will be forsaken by ^bboth her kings.

17 ^aThe Lord will bring the king of Assyria upon you and your people and your father’s house—days that have not come since the day that ^bEphraim departed from Judah.”

Commentaries:

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Is it a small thing?—Is it not enough for you (Numbers 16:9)? The allusion to "David" is in order to contrast his trust in God with his degenerate descendant Ahaz' distrust.

weary—try the patience of.

men—prophets. Isaiah as yet had given no outward proof that he was from God; but now God has offered a sign, which Ahaz publicly rejects. The sin is therefore now not merely against "men," but openly against "God." Isaiah's manner therefore changes from mildness to bold reproof.

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