Isaiah 7:12
Good News Translation
Ahaz answered, "I will not ask for a sign. I refuse to put the LORD to the test."

New Revised Standard Version
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test.

Contemporary English Version
"No, LORD," Ahaz answered. "I won't test you!"

New American Bible
But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

I will not ask

2 Kings 16:15 And king Achaz commanded Urias, the priest, saying: Upon the great altar offer the morning holocaust, and the evening sacrifice, and the king's holocaust, and his sacrifice, and the holocaust of the whole people of the land, and their sacrifices, and their libations: and all the blood of the holocaust, and all the blood of the victim, thou shalt pour out upon it: but the altar of brass shall be ready at my pleasure.

2 Chronicles 28:22 Moreover also in the time of his distress he increased contempt against the Lord: king Achaz himself by himself,

neither

Ezekiel 33:31 And they come to thee, as if people were coming in, and my people sit before thee: and hear thy words, and do them not: for they turn them into a song of their mouth, and their heart goeth after their covetousness.

tempt

Deuteronomy 6:16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.

Malachi 3:15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Acts 5:9 And Peter said unto her: Why have you agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them who have buried thy husband are at the door: and they shall carry thee out,

1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpent.

Context
The Sign of Immanuel
11Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. 12And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.13And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?…
Cross References
Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

Isaiah 7:13
And he said: Hear ye therefore, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to be grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also?

Isaiah 7:11
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