The
LORD spoke to Ahaz:Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God;
let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky!
But Ahaz answered,
“I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”
Then Isaiah said:
Listen, O house of David!
Is it not enough for you to weary men,
must you also weary my God?
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you this sign:
the young woman shall conceive and bear a son,
and shall name him Emmanuel.
Isaiah
7:10-14
I
love this passage. I love it not only
because it includes the prophecy which will be referenced in the nativity
narratives in the New Testament, but because it includes a great line:
Is
it not enough for you to weary men, must you also weary my God?
Ahaz ultimately could not benefit from God's promise because he was so committed to the dogmatic view that you mustn't test God. God
is not hiding anything from us. We hide it from ourselves.
