Isaiah Chapter 7 verse 12 Holy Bible
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
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But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.
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And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah.
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But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
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But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh."
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And Ahaz saith, `I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. Ahaz, who has no wish for a sign, because he has no wish to believe in any other salvation than flint which will follow from the realization of his own schemes, finds a plausible reason for declining to ask for one in those passages of the Law which forbade men to" tempt God" (Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 6:16). But it could not be "tempt-tug God" to comply with a Divine invitation; rather it was tempting him to refuse compliance.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) 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 not tempt the Lord thy God" (Exodus 17:2; Deuteronomy 6:16). Was the prophet going to forget his own teaching, and become a tempter to that sin? That which lay beneath this show of humble trust was simply self-will and utter unfaith. He had already made up his mind to the Assyrian alliance, against which he knew Isaiah was certain to protest. The fact that the words that follow are spoken to the whole house of David, may, perhaps, imply that the older members of the royal family were encouraging the king in his Assyrian projects, and had, perhaps, suggested his hypocritical answer.