Bible Strands
Isaiah 7:11
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Isaiah to King Ahaz during a political crisis, commanding him to request a visible confirmation of divine promise.
The words — א֔וֹת ('ot) translates literally as a sign, while שְׁאָ֔לָה (she.'A.lah) denotes the realm of Sheol.
The thread — The motif of a divinely given sign reappears in Isaiah 37:30, Isaiah 38:7, and 2 Kings 19:29 as confirmation granted to Hezekiah.
Why it lands — The text demands a direct request for divine proof, framing the sign's origin between the lowest depths and highest heights.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 37:30 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Isaiah 38:7 This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised:
- 2 Kings 19:29 And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
- Judges 6:36 Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to save Israel by my hand, as You have said,
- 2 Kings 20:8 Now Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me and that I will go up to the house of the LORD on the third day?”
- Isaiah 38:22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
- Jeremiah 19:10 Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
- Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
- Jeremiah 19:1 This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,
- Jeremiah 51:63 When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.