Verse 12
Isaiah 7:12
World English Bible, British Edition
12
But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the LORD.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר אָחָ֑ז לֹא אֶשְׁאַ֥ל וְ/לֹֽא אֲנַסֶּ֖ה אֶת יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD."
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Chapter 7 Context
1
In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah,
Rezin the king of Syria and...
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2
David’s house was told, “Syria is allied with Ephraim.” His heart trembled,
and the heart of his peo...
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3
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out now to meet Ahaz, you, and
Shearjashub your son, at the end of...
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4
Tell him, ‘Be careful, and keep calm. Don’t be afraid, neither let your
heart be faint because of th...
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5
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against
you, saying,
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6
“Let’s go up against Judah, and tear it apart, and let’s divide it amongst
ourselves, and set up a k...
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7
This is what the Lord GOD says: “It shall not stand, neither shall it
happen.”
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8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin.
Within sixty-five years Ephrai...
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9
The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s
son. If you will not believe,...
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10
The LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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11
“Ask a sign of the LORD your God (Elohim); ask it either in the depth, or in
the height above.”
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12
But Ahaz said, “I won’t ask. I won’t tempt the LORD.”
13
He said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you
to try the patience of men, that you...
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14
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin
will conceive, and bear a son, a...
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15
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose
the good.
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16
For before the child knows to refuse the evil and choose the good, the
land whose two kings you abho...
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17
The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father’s house
days that have not come, from...
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18
It will happen in that day that the LORD will whistle for the
fly that is in the uttermost part of t...
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19
They shall come, and shall all rest in the desolate valleys, in the
clefts of the rocks, on all thor...
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20
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in
the parts beyond the River, even with...
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21
It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young
cow, and two sheep.
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22
It shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall
give he shall eat butter, fo...
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23
It will happen in that day that every place where there were
a thousand vines worth a thousand silve...
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24
People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land
will be briers and thorns.
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25
All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come
there for fear of briers and tho...
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