Isaiah 7:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-16

Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose (Isa. 7:10, 11): Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; See here the divine faithfulness and veracity. God tells us nothing but what he is able and ready to prove. See his wonderful condescension to the children of men, in that he is so willing to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, Heb. 6:17. He considers... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

But Ahaz said, I will not ask ,.... That is, a sign or miracle to be wrought; being unwilling to take the advice to be still and quiet, and make no preparation for war, or seek out for help from the Assyrians, and to rely upon the promise and power of God, and therefore chose not to have it confirmed by a sign; adding as an excuse, neither will I tempt the Lord , by asking a sign; suggesting that this was contrary to the command of God, Deuteronomy 6:16 so pretending religion and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-13

Sin and duty in regard to signs. The passage is interesting for this among other reasons, that Ahaz is charged with guilt for declining that course the resort to which became the national sin ( 1 Corinthians 1:22 ), and for using words which were afterwards employed by the Savior himself in repelling the attack of the evil one ( Matthew 4:7 ). We are, therefore, reminded— I. THAT THE WORTH OR UNWORTHINESS OF AN ACTION DEPENDS LARGELY ON ITS ATTENDANT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-16

THE SIGN OF IMMANUEL . The supposition that there was a considerable interval between Isaiah 7:9 and Isaiah 7:10 (Cheyne) is quite gratuitous. Nothing in the text marks any such interval. God had sent Ahaz one message by his prophet ( Isaiah 7:4-9 ). It had apparently been received in silence, at any rate without acknowledgment. The faith had seemed to be lacking which should have embraced with gladness the promise given (see the last clause of Isaiah 7:9 ). God, however, will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-17

Faith triumphing over doubt. Faith in the Eternal personified in the prophet, to whom all things desirable are to be hoped for, all things to be hoped for are possible; and distrust, the weakness of mere flesh and blood, represented in the timid Ahaz. Such is the illusion of appearances. The outwardly kingly man is the coward; the real king of men is the plain-looking prophet. I. THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH . In the Name of Jehovah, Isaiah bids the king ask a sign from above—a sign... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:11-14

Rightful and wrongful asking for signs. To ask for a sign is sometimes spoken of in Scripture as indicative of want of faith, and therefore as an offence to God: "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign" ( Matthew 12:39 ), "This is an evil generation; they seek a sign" ( Luke 11:29 ). "Jesus sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given to this generation" ( Mark 8:12 ). "The Jews... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord . Ahaz, who has no wish for a sign, because he has no wish to believe in any other salvation than flint which will follow from the realization of his own schemes, finds a plausible reason for declining to ask for one in those passages of the Law which forbade men to" tempt God" ( Exodus 17:7 ; Deuteronomy 6:16 ). But it could not be "tempt-tug God" to comply with a Divine invitation; rather it was tempting him to refuse compliance. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

True and false humility. We are to understand that Ahaz had already made up his mind to resort to Assyria for help; probably he had even already sent his ambassadors to Tiglath-Pileser, and he would not be deterred from his purpose by any promise or threatening of Jehovah's But he dissembled, and tried to get out of his difficulty by hypocritically pretending that he was deterred from asking a sign by a religious fear of tempting the Lord. His words sound as if he were humble and reverent;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 7:12

I will not ask - In this case Ahaz assumed the appearance of piety, or respect for the command of God. In Deuteronomy 6:16, it is written, ‘Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God;’ and Ahaz perhaps had this command in his eye. It was a professed reverence for God. But the true reason why he did not seek this sign was, that he had already entered into a negotiation with the king of Assyria to come and defend him; and that he was even stripping the temple of God of its silver and gold, to secure... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 7:10-12

Isaiah 7:10-12. 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 address to Ahaz, exhorting him, by the divine command, to ask whatever sign he would, with the reply of Ahaz, Isaiah 7:10-12: and, secondly, a declaration of God’s good pleasure to give an illustrious sign, which he offers rather to the true believers than to a hypocritical and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:10-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 7:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 7:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 7:10-12

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