But Ahaz, in wicked unbelief and disgusting hypocrisy, said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. Having already decided upon enlisting Assyria's help, he rejected the offer of Jehovah with a hypocritical pretext. This was the very climax of obduration. When unbelief assumes the garments of piety, the effect is much more loathsome than open blasphemy and mockery.
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 perhaps had...
CHAPTER 7 The Prophet before King Ahaz 1. _The king in trouble (Isaiah 7:1)_ 2. _Isaiah sent and his message (Isaiah 7:3)_ 3. _A sign offered and refused (Isaiah 7:10)_ 4. The sign: The virgin birth...
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, which...
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 appare...
Isaiah's last ineffectual effort to bring Ahaz to the attitude of faith. A sign is offered and refused....
The answer of Ahaz reveals his utter incapacity for the faith which Isaiah demanded. He evidently believes that the sign will happen if he asks it, yet he cannot trust the spiritual fact which lies be...
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 to Ahaz,...
THE CHRIST Isaiah 7:10-16 TEXT: Isaiah 7:10-16 10 And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying, 11 Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above. 12 But Aha...
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 (). "Tempt," i.e., put God to the proof, as i...
1-16. Isaiah assures Ahaz by a sign that Judah will be delivered from Syria and Israel....
NEITHER WILL I TEMPT, etc.] Ahaz gives utterance to a sound principle (Deuteronomy 6:16). But Jehovah had offered a sign, and to refuse it showed distrust of God. Ahaz had already made up his mind to...
Ahaz refuses the *Lord’s offer. And he pretends to be very holy (see Deuteronomy 6:16). In fact, Ahaz has already decided what he will do. He prefers to trust the *Assyrians for help against Syria and...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 7 From now on in the Book of Isaiah, the names Israel and Eph...
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 shalt...
וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר אָחָ֑ז לֹא ־אֶשְׁאַ֥ל וְ לֹֽא
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 elements of...
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 invasion...
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 po...
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 in...
_Lord. He was afraid of being forced to relinquish his evil ways. (St. Jerome) --- Though an idolater, he knew he ought not to tempt God._...
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 hath...
_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 I. ISAIAH IS DESIR...
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 of the Proph...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
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 As...
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 enterta...
_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's a...
10-16 Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reprov...
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; as...
Isaiah 7:12 Ahaz H271 said H559 (H8799) ask H7592 (H8799) test H5254 (H8762) H853 LORD H
THE MISERABLE FAILURE OF AHAZ AND GOD'S JUDGMENT ON HIS HOUSE (ISAIAH 7:10). We must not underestimate this incident. In this total turnabout of history in Israel's most crucial time, for it would det...
Isaiah 7:10 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 call the...
Isaiah 7:1. 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 toward Jer...
CONTENTS: Evil confederacy of Rezin and Jekah. The sign of the Virgin's Son. Prediction of impending invasion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ahaz, Rezin, Pekah, Isaiah, Shear-jashub. CONCLUSION:...
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 of it,...
_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 inferior...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 7:10 AHAZ, king of Judah, sees Syria and EPHRAIM (the northern kingdom) as a threat, even though the Lord has said Ahaz has nothing to fear from them. Though Ahaz is the heir of...
MAN’S IMAGINED INDEPENDENCE OF GOD Isaiah 7:12. _But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord_. We are commanded to ask for all we need and desire (Matthew 7:7; Philippians 4:6). But...
ISAIAH’S INTERVIEW WITH AHAZ Isaiah 7:3. _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 COURSES. God is...
SECTION IV. PROPHECIES CONNECTED WITH THE SYRO-ISRAELITE WAR (Isaiah 7-10:4). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 7:1 THE PROPHECY GIVEN TO AHAZ
Now Uzziah is dead and his grandson Ahaz is reigning. It came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, the king of Judah, that Rezin was the king of Syria, and Pekah was the...
1 Corinthians 10:9; 2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Kings 16:15; Acts 5:9;...
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...
I will not — By asking a sign, as if I questioned the truth of his word: but this was deep hypocrisy....