“ But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. ”
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 perh...
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I (k) tempt the LORD. (k) Not to believe God's word without a sign, is to tempt God, but to refuse a sign when God offers it for the aid and help of our i...
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...
I will not ask. He had already made up his mind to appeal to Assyria, and had probably sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser ( 2 Kings 16:7 ; 2 Chronicles 28:16 ). His self-hardening is masked by his...
12. And Ahaz said. By a plausible excuse he refuses the sign which the Lord offered to him. That excuse is, that he is unwilling to tempt the LORD; for he pretends to believe the words...
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
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...
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord - hypocritical pretext of keeping the law ( Deuteronomy 6:16 ). "Tempt," i.e., put...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel.
I will not ask... — The king speaks as in the very accents of faith. He will not put Jehovah to any such test. Not, perhaps, without a sneer, he quotes almost the very formula of the Law: “Thou sha...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. Ver. 12. I will not ask. ] All, lewd lowly! "I will not ask"; what a base answer was this of a bedlam Belialist! what a wretched enter...
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'...
The Promise of Immanuel. B. C. 740. 10 Moreover the L ORD spake again unto Ahaz, sayi...
I will not ask: this refusal proceeded not from the strength of his faith, but from his contempt of God, and total distrust and disregard of his word, and inward resolution to take another course;...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
But Ahaz said, I will not ask Why did Ahaz refuse to ask a sign? Ahaz who looked on Jehovah not as his God, but only (like any of his heathen neighbours) as the god of Judaea, and as such infer...
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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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...
I will not — By asking a sign, as if I questioned the truth of his word: but this was deep hypocrisy.