Isaiah 7:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Isaiah 7:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 37:30
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.
Isaiah 38:7-8
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; …
Judges 6:36-40
And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, …
2 Kings 20:8-11
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? …
Isaiah 38:22
Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?

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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 is s…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. Ask thee--since thou dost not credit the prophet’s words. sign--a miraculous token to assure thee that God will fulfil His promise of saving Jerusalem (Is 37:30; 38:7, 8). “Signs,” facts then present or near at hand as pledges for the more distant future, are frequent in Isaiah. ask ... in ... depth--literally, “Make deep ... ask it,” that is, Go to the depth of the earth or of Hades [Vulgate…