Isa 7:11 | JFB | STEP | 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 ( ). "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 and LOWTH ], or, Mount high for it (literally, "Make high"). So in . Signs in heaven are contrasted with the signs on earth and below it (raising the dead) which Jesus Christ had wrought (compare ). He offers Ahaz the widest limits within which to make his choice.

Isaiah 7:11

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 (Isa 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 and LOWTH], or, Mount high for it (literally, "Make high"). So in Mt 16:1. Signs in heaven are contrasted with the signs on earth and below it (raising the dead) which Jesus Christ had wrought (compare Ro 10:6, 7). He offers Ahaz the widest limits within which to make his choice.