Isaiah 7:12 - Exposition

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.