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Isa 7:11 Strong Concordance Ask [07592] thee a sign [0226] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430]; ask [07592] it either in the depth [06009], or in the height [01361] above [04605].
  King James Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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; Isa 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 Mat 16:1. Signs in heaven are contrasted with the signs on earth and below it (raising the dead) which Jesus Christ had wrought (compare Rom 10:6-7). He offers Ahaz the widest limits within which to make his choice.
 
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6 But [1161] the righteousness [1343] which is of [1537] faith [4102] speaketh [3004] on this wise [3779], Say [2036] not [3361] in [1722] thine [4675] heart [2588], Who [5101] shall ascend [305] into [1519] heaven [3772]? (that is [5123], to bring [2609] Christ [5547] down [2609] from above:)
7 Or [2228], Who [5101] shall descend [2597] into [1519] the deep [12]? (that is [5123], to bring up [321] Christ [5547] again [321] from [1537] the dead [3498].)
1 The Pharisees [5330] also [2532] with the Sadducees [4523] came [4334], and [2532] tempting [3985] desired [1905] him [846] that he would shew [1925] them [846] a sign [4592] from [1537] heaven [3772].
7 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee from the LORD [03068], that the LORD [03068] will do [06213] this thing [01697] that he hath spoken [01696];
8 Behold, I will bring again [07725] the shadow [06738] of the degrees [04609], which is gone down [03381] in the sun [08121] dial [04609] of Ahaz [0271], ten [06235] degrees [04609] backward [0322]. So the sun [08121] returned [07725] ten [06235] degrees [04609], by which degrees [04609] it was gone down [03381].
30 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee, Ye shall eat [0398] this year [08141] such as groweth [05599] of itself; and the second [08145] year [08141] that which springeth [07823] of the same: and in the third [07992] year [08141] sow [02232] ye, and reap [07114], and plant [05193] vineyards [03754], and eat [0398] the fruit [06529] thereof.
1 The Pharisees [5330] also [2532] with the Sadducees [4523] came [4334], and [2532] tempting [3985] desired [1905] him [846] that he would shew [1925] them [846] a sign [4592] from [1537] heaven [3772].
13 And he said [0559], Hear [08085] ye now, O house [01004] of David [01732]; Is it a small thing [04592] for you to weary [03811] men [0582], but will ye weary [03811] my God [0430] also?
36 And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto God [0430], If thou wilt [03426] save [03467] Israel [03478] by mine hand [03027], as thou hast said [01696],
37 Behold, I will put [03322] a fleece [01492] of wool [06785] in the floor [01637]; and if the dew [02919] be on the fleece [01492] only, and it be dry [02721] upon all the earth [0776] beside, then shall I know [03045] that thou wilt save [03467] Israel [03478] by mine hand [03027], as thou hast said [01696].
38 And it was so: for he rose up early [07925] on the morrow [04283], and thrust [02115] the fleece [01492] together [02115], and wringed [04680] the dew [02919] out of the fleece [01492], a bowl [05602] full [04393] of water [04325].
39 And Gideon [01439] said [0559] unto God [0430], Let not thine anger [0639] be hot [02734] against me, and I will speak [01696] but this once [06471]: let me prove [05254], I pray thee, but this once [06471] with the fleece [01492]; let it now be dry [02721] only upon the fleece [01492], and upon all the ground [0776] let there be dew [02919].
40 And God [0430] did [06213] so that night [03915]: for it was dry [02721] upon the fleece [01492] only, and there was dew [02919] on all the ground [0776].
12 And he said [0559], Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token [0226] unto thee, that [03588] I have sent [07971] thee: When thou hast brought forth [03318] the people [05971] out of Egypt [04714], ye shall serve [05647] God [0430] upon this mountain [02022].
1 And, behold, there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] out of Judah [03063] by the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] unto Bethel [01008]: and Jeroboam [03379] stood [05975] by the altar [04196] to burn incense [06999].
2 And he cried [07121] against the altar [04196] in the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and said [0559], O altar [04196], altar [04196], thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Behold, a child [01121] shall be born [03205] unto the house [01004] of David [01732], Josiah [02977] by name [08034]; and upon thee shall he offer [02076] the priests [03548] of the high places [01116] that burn incense [06999] upon thee, and men's [0120] bones [06106] shall be burnt [08313] upon thee.
3 And he gave [05414] a sign [04159] the same day [03117], saying [0559], This is the sign [04159] which the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696]; Behold, the altar [04196] shall be rent [07167], and the ashes [01880] that are upon it shall be poured out [08210].
27 And there came [0935] a man [0376] of God [0430] unto Eli [05941], and said [0559] unto him, Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Did I plainly [01540] appear [01540] unto the house [01004] of thy father [01], when they were in Egypt [04714] in Pharaoh's [06547] house [01004]?
28 And did I choose [0977] him out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to be my priest [03548], to offer [05927] upon mine altar [04196], to burn [06999] incense [07004], to wear [05375] an ephod [0646] before [06440] me? and did I give [05414] unto the house [01004] of thy father [01] all the offerings made by fire [0801] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]?
29 Wherefore kick [01163] ye at my sacrifice [02077] and at mine offering [04503], which I have commanded [06680] in my habitation [04583]; and honourest [03513] thy sons [01121] above me, to make yourselves fat [01254] with the chiefest [07225] of all the offerings [04503] of Israel [03478] my people [05971]?
30 Wherefore the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] saith [05002], I said [0559] indeed [0559] that thy house [01004], and the house [01004] of thy father [01], should walk [01980] before [06440] me for [05704] ever [05769]: but now the LORD [03068] saith [05002], Be it far from me [02486]; for them that honour [03513] me I will honour [03513], and they that despise [0959] me shall be lightly esteemed [07043].
31 Behold, the days [03117] come [0935], that I will cut off [01438] thine arm [02220], and the arm [02220] of thy father's [01] house [01004], that there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004].
32 And thou shalt see [05027] an enemy [06862] in my habitation [04583], in all the wealth which God shall give [03190] Israel [03478]: and there shall not be an old man [02205] in thine house [01004] for ever [03117].
33 And the man [0376] of thine, whom I shall not cut off [03772] from mine altar [04196], shall be to consume [03615] thine eyes [05869], and to grieve [0109] thine heart [05315]: and all the increase [04768] of thine house [01004] shall die [04191] in the flower of their age [0582].
34 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee, that shall come [0935] upon thy two [08147] sons [01121], on Hophni [02652] and Phinehas [06372]; in one [0259] day [03117] they shall die [04191] both [08147] of them.
7 And this shall be a sign [0226] unto thee from the LORD [03068], that the LORD [03068] will do [06213] this thing [01697] that he hath spoken [01696];
17 And he said [0559] unto him, If now I have found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], then shew [06213] me a sign [0226] that thou talkest [01696] with me.
11 And ye shall circumcise [05243] the flesh [01320] of your foreskin [06190]; and it shall be a token [0226] of the covenant [01285] betwixt me and you.
2 Every man [0376] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall pitch [02583] by his own standard [01714], with the ensign [0226] of their father's [01] house [01004]: far off [05048] about [05439] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] shall they pitch [02583].