11Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; …
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, …
And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? …
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose ( Isa. 7:10 , 11 ): Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God ; See here the divine faithfulness and veracity. God tells us nothing but what he is able and ready to prove. See his wonderful condescension to the children of men, in that he…
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