Isaiah 7:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. ”

• Isaiah 7:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ask thee - Ask for “thyself;” ask a sign that shall be convincing to “thyself,” since thou dost not fully credit the words of the prophet. It is evident that the words of the prophet had made no...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Ask thee (i) a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. (i) For the confirmation of this thing that your enemies will be destroyed and you preserved.

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Isaiah Gives Ahaz the Encouraging Sign of Immanuel when he is Dismayed by the Alliance of Syria and Ephraim against him. For the historical circumstances see pp. 59, 70f. Apart from Isaiah 7:1 , w...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sign. Hebrew. 'oth ,. present visible token or pledge, as in Genesis 1:14 . Ex. Isaiah 4:4 . Isa 4:9. Isa 12:13. and especially Isaiah 8:18 . This word is used eight times in the "former" porti...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. Either in the deep. I understand it simply to mean Either above or below. He allows him an unrestricted choice of a miracle, to demand either what belongs to earth or what belongs t...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. In the depth "Go deep to the grave" - So Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion, and the Vulgate.

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Moreover, the Lord spake, &c.— From the 10th to the 16th verse, 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 t...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Ask thee a sign of (literally, from with-Hebrew, mee`im ( H5973 ); Chaldaic, from the face of) t...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER V THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 735-730 B.C. UP to this point we have been acquainted with Isaiah as a prophet of general principles, preaching to his countrymen the element...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Sign of Immanuel Isaiah 7:1-17 A new cycle of prophecy begins here, covering the reign of Ahaz. The complete history which illustrates these Chapter s is given in 2 Chronicles 28:5 . The i...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Immediately following this new call of the prophet, we have the account of his encounter with Ahaz. Rezin of Syria and Pekah of Israel had entered into a confederacy against Judah, and a great fear p...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Reader! do not forget again, in the perusal of this most blessed scripture, to observe how the Lord takes occasion from man's unworthiness to magnify the riches of his grace. So, indeed, the Lord hat...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  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 7:10-14 I. Isaiah...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ,.... For though Ahaz was a wicked man, yet the Lord was his God, as he was the God of the people of Israel in general, as a nation; and knowing his unbelief and...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Ver. 11. Ask the sign of the Lord. ] Not of any other God, to whom thou art addicted. Thy God. ] From wh...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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'...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Promise of Immanuel. B. C. 740.       10 Moreover the L ORD spake again unto Ahaz, sayi...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ask thee a sign of the Lord; I perceive thou dost not believe God's word and message now delivered by me; yet God is so patient and merciful to thee, that he gives thee liberty to demand of him any...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3-25 . Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, &c. In this interview of Isaiah with Ahaz we have an instance— I. Of God’s efforts to turn men from ruinous cour...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Isaiah 7:10-14 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 ca...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Isaiah 7:1-2 . And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up towa...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 7:1 . In the days of Ahaz, the second or the third year of his reign. Chapter s 5. and 6. are therefore out of place. Isaiah 7:6 . Let us go up against Judah and set a king in the midst...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God God’s grace towards the wayward Jehovah does not scorn to call Himself the God of this son of David who so hardens himself. ( F. Delitzsch, D. D. ) A crit...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  SECTION IV . PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO - ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION Isaiah 7:1-23 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ AT THE TIME OF THE...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Son of the Virgin Promised

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 20:8-11 ; Isaiah 37:30 ; Isaiah 38:22 ; Isaiah 38:7 ; Isaiah 38:8 ; Jeremiah 19:1 ; Jeremiah 19:10 ; Jeremiah 51:63 ; Jeremiah 51:64 ; Judges 6:36-40 ; Matthew 12:38-40 ; Matthew...

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• Isaiah 7:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Birth of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 7:5-14 ; Isaiah 9:6-7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is...

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