the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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THE MESSAGE
Isaiah 7:12
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But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask. I will not test the Lord.”
But Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord .
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I put the LORD to the test!"
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask for a sign or test the Lord ."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.
But Ahaz sayd, I wil not aske, neither will I tempt the Lord.
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not test Yahweh!"
But Ahaz replied, "I will not ask; I will not test the LORD."
"No, Lord ," Ahaz answered. "I won't test you!"
But Achaz answered, "I won't ask, I won't test Adonai ."
And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah.
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask for a sign as proof. I will not test the Lord ."
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD my God.
Ahaz answered, "I will not ask for a sign. I refuse to put the Lord to the test."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put Yahweh to the test."
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, nor will I tempt Jehovah.
The sayde Ahas: I will requyre none, nether will I tempte the LORDE.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
But Ahaz said: 'I will not ask, neither will I try the LORD.'
But Ahaz sayd, I will not aske, neither will I tempt the Lord.
Then said Ahaz, I will require none, neither wyll I tempt the Lorde.
And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
And Achas seide, Y schal not axe, and Y schal not tempte the Lord.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
But Ahaz responded, "I don't want to ask; I don't want to put the Lord to a test."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
But the king refused. "No," he said, "I will not test the Lord like that."
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask. I will not test the Lord."
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.
But Ahaz said, - I will not ask Nor will I put Yahweh to the proof.
And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test."
And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'
But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will not ask: 2 Kings 16:15, 2 Chronicles 28:22
neither: Ezekiel 33:31
tempt: Deuteronomy 6:16, Malachi 3:15, Acts 5:9, 1 Corinthians 10:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 17:2 - wherefore Luke 8:49 - trouble Acts 15:10 - Why James 4:2 - because
Cross-References
The flood continued forty days and the waters rose and lifted the ship high over the Earth. The waters kept rising, the flood deepened on the Earth, the ship floated on the surface. The flood got worse until all the highest mountains were covered—the high-water mark reached twenty feet above the crest of the mountains. Everything died. Anything that moved—dead. Birds, farm animals, wild animals, the entire teeming exuberance of life—dead. And all people—dead. Every living, breathing creature that lived on dry land died; he wiped out the whole works—people and animals, crawling creatures and flying birds, every last one of them, gone. Only Noah and his company on the ship lived.
Moses entered the middle of the Cloud and climbed the mountain. Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Then I prostrated myself before God , just as I had at the beginning of the forty days and nights. I ate no food; I drank no water. I did this because of you, all your sins, sinning against God , doing what is evil in God 's eyes and making him angry. I was terrified of God 's furious anger, his blazing anger. I was sure he would destroy you. But once again God listened to me. And Aaron! How furious he was with Aaron—ready to destroy him. But I prayed also for Aaron at that same time.
I stayed there on the mountain forty days and nights, just as I did the first time. And God listened to me, just as he did the first time: God decided not to destroy you.
He got up, ate and drank his fill, and set out. Nourished by that meal, he walked forty days and nights, all the way to the mountain of God, to Horeb. When he got there, he crawled into a cave and went to sleep. Then the word of God came to him: "So Elijah, what are you doing here?"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 Assyrians, and to rely upon the promise and power of God, and therefore chose not to have it confirmed by a sign; adding as an excuse,
neither will I tempt the Lord, by asking a sign; suggesting that this was contrary to the command of God, Deuteronomy 6:16 so pretending religion and reverence of God; whereas, to ask a sign of God, when it was offered, could not be reckoned a tempting him; but, on the contrary, to refuse one; when offered, argued great stubbornness and ingratitude, as Calvin well observes.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 this command in his eye. It was a professed reverence for God. But the true reason why he did not seek this sign was, that he had already entered into a negotiation with the king of Assyria to come and defend him; and that he was even stripping the temple of God of its silver and gold, to secure this assistance; 2 Kings 16:7-8. When people are depending on their own devices and resources, they are unwilling to seek aid from God; and it is not uncommon if they excuse their want of trust in him by some appearance of respect for religion.
Tempt - Try, or do a thing that shall provoke his displeasure, or seek his interposition in a case where he has not promised it. To tempt God is the same as to put him to the proof; to see whether he is able to perform what he proposed. It is evident, however, that here there would have been no “temptation” of God, since a sign had been offered him by the prophet in the name of God. ‘The answer of Ahaz can be regarded either as one of bitter scorn, as if he had said, “I will not put thy God to the proof, in which he will be found lacking. I will not embarrass thee by taking thee at thy word;” or as the language of a hypocrite who assumes the mask of reverence for God and his command.’ - “Hengstenberg.” Chrysostom and Calvin regard the latter as the correct interpretation. If it be asked here “why” Ahaz did not put Isaiah to the test, and “secure,” if possible, the divine confirmation to the assurance that Jerusalem would be safe, the following may be regarded as the probable reasons:
(1) He was secretly relying on the aid of Assyria. He believed that he could fortify the city, and distress the enemy by turning away the supply of water, so that they could not carry on a siege, and that all the further aid which he needed could be derived from the Assyrians.
(2) If the miracle had been “really performed,” it would have been a proof that Yahweh was the true God a proof which Ahaz had no desire of witnessing. He was a gross idolater; and he was not anxious to witness a demonstration which would have convinced him of the folly and sin of his own course of life.
(3) If the miracle could not be performed, as Ahaz seems to have supposed would be the case, then it would have done much to unsettle the confidence of the people, and to have produced agitation and alarm. It is probable that a considerable portion of the people were worshippers of Yahweh, and were looking to him for aid. The pious, and the great mass of those who conformed to the religion of their fathers, would have been totally disheartened; and this was a result which Ahaz had no desire to produce.
(4) Michaelis has suggested another reason, drawn from the character of idolatry. According to the prevailing notions at that period, every nation had its own gods. Those of one people were more, and those of another less powerful; see Isaiah 10:10-11; Isaiah 36:18-20; Isaiah 37:10-13. If a miracle had been performed, Ahaz might have believed that it was performed by the god of the country, who might have had the disposition, but not the power, to defend him. It would have been to the mind of the idolater no proof that the god of Syria or Samaria was not more powerful, and might not have easily overcome him. Ahaz seems to have regarded Yahweh as such a God - as one of the numerous gods which were to be worshipped, and perhaps as not the most powerful of the tutelary divinities of the nations. This was certainly the view of the surrounding idolaters Isaiah 10:10-11; Isaiah 36:18-20; and it is highly probable that this view prevailed among the idolatrous Israelites.
