Later, the Lord sent this message to King Ahaz:
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
- KJV Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,
- BSB Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying,
- NKJV Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
- NASB Then the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying,
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Quick answer
The Lord speaks again to Ahaz through Isaiah. It introduces God's gracious offer of a confirming sign.
Overview
Having called Ahaz to faith, God now condescends to strengthen that faith with a sign. This renewed address shows God's patience with a wavering king. It sets up the famous offer and Ahaz's refusal that follow.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Isa 8:5Yahweh spoke to me yet again, saying,
- Isa 1:13Bring no more vain offerings. Incense is an abomination to me; new moons, Sabbaths, and convocations: I can’t bear with evil assemblies.
- Hos 13:2Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
- Isa 1:5Why should you be beaten more, that you revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Isa 10:20It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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