Isaiah 7:11

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Modern

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

Traditional

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

Literal

“Ask for yourself a sign from YHWH your God; make the request deep, or make it high above.”

Latin

Pete tibi signum a Domino Deo tuo, in profundum inferni, sive in excelsum supra.

Original

Hebrew

English

“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”

Notes

Isaiah 7:11

God would give Ahaz a sign to confirm his promise. This sign would take place before Ahaz’s eyes. It would show that God’s word was true.

Later, Ahaz’s son Hezekiah also received a sign from the Lord (see Isaiah 37:30).

Isaiah 7:1–25

At one point in his reign, Ahaz faced a serious crisis. The kings of Syria and Israel attacked Judah. They planned to remove Ahaz and force Judah to join them in resisting Assyria.

Instead of trusting the Lord, Ahaz asked Assyria for help (2 Kings 16:7–10). By doing this, he rejected Isaiah’s call to trust in God (Isaiah 7:12).

The Assyrians defeated Syria and Israel. In time, both nations fell. However, Assyria later turned against Judah and sought to control it completely.

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

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Isaiah 37:30
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 38:7–8
This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
2 Kings 19:29
And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Judges 6:36–40
Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
Isaiah 38:22
And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
2 Kings 20:8–11
Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
Jeremiah 19:10
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
Matthew 12:38–40
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
Jeremiah 19:1
This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
Jeremiah 51:63–64
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
Matthew 16:1–4
Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

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