And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.’”
Isaiah 7:11 - English Standard Version 2016 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ask for yourself a sign (a token or proof) of the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; ask it either in the depth below or in the height above [let it be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven]. American Standard Version (1901) Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Common English Bible “Ask a sign from the LORD your God. Make it as deep as the grave or as high as heaven.” Catholic Public Domain Version Ask for a sign for yourself from the Lord your God, from the depths below, even to the heights above. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above. |
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, “This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.’”
“And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
“When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Prove yourselves by working a miracle,’ then you shall say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent.’”
“And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?”
Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall make a name for the Lord, an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.”
Thus says the Lord, “Go, buy a potter’s earthenware flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests,
“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
This shall be the sign to you, declares the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, in order that you may know that my words will surely stand against you for harm:
And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”