Isaiah 7:11
The Scripture
(11) Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
As Syria and Israel threatened to attack Judah, Ahaz refused to ask the LORD for a sign, so Isaiah declared that a virgin would conceive and bear a son called Immanuel. Isaiah also prophesied that before the child could distinguish good from evil, the lands of the two threatening kings would be forsaken.
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