Isaiah 7:12
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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?

Lexicon
But Ahaz
אָחָ֑ז (’ā·ḥāz)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 271: Ahaz -- 'he has grasped', two Israelites

replied,
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

ask;
אֶשְׁאַ֥ל (’eš·’al)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

I will not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

test
אֲנַסֶּ֖ה (’ă·nas·seh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5254: To test, to attempt

the LORD.”
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
But Ahaz replied, “I will not ask; I will not test the LORD.”But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

And Ahaz said, I will not ask, and will not tempt Jehovah.

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.

But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, neither will I tempt Yahweh."

And Ahaz saith, 'I do not ask nor try Jehovah.'
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