Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 7:10-17
The Miserable Failure of Ahaz and God’s Judgment On His House (Isaiah 7:10-17 ). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel’s most crucial time, for it would determine the whole of the future, the scion of the house of David rejects God’s protection, and, uniquely, God’s offer of a striking supernatural sign, and the result is that he and his descendants born from his seed are thereby debarred from being the future Davidic king. Because of Ahaz’s... read more
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-14
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 7:10-2 Chronicles : 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 attention of his countrymen to these signs, to discover the signification of them. Our Lord laid down the whole... read more