Isaiah 7:11
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Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the height above.

a sign

Isaiah 37:30 But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 38:7,8,22 And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken: . . .

Judges 6:36-40 And Gedeon said to God: If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said, . . .

2 Kings 20:8-11 And Ezechias had said to Isaias: What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord the third day? . . .

Jeremiah 19:1,10 Thus saith the Lord: Go, and take a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests: . . .

Jeremiah 51:63,64 And when thou shalt have made an end of reading this book, thou shalt tie a stone to it, and shalt throw it into the midst of the Euphrates: . . .

Matthew 12:38-40 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master, we would see a sign from thee. . . .

Matthew 16:1-4 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. . . .

ask it either in the depth.

Context
The Sign of Immanuel
10And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying: 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.…
Cross References
Luke 2:12
And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger.

Exodus 7:9
When Pharao shall say to you, Shew signs; thou shalt say to Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharao, and it shall be turned into a serpent.

2 Kings 19:29
And to thee, O Ezechias, this shall be a sign: Eat this year what thou shalt find: and in the second year, such things as spring of themselves: but in the third year sow and reap: plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 7:10
And the Lord spoke again to Achaz, saying:

Isaiah 7:12
And Achaz said: I will not ask, and I will not tempt the Lord.

Isaiah 37:30
But to thee this shall be a sign: Eat this year the things that spring of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

Isaiah 38:7
And this shall be a sign to thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this word which he hath spoken:

Isaiah 38:8
Behold I will bring again the shadow of the lines, by which it is now gone down in the sun dial of Achaz with the sun, ten lines backward. And the sun returned ten lines by the degrees by which it was gone down.

Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the shrub, shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the nettle, shall come up the myrtle tree: and the Lord shall be named for an everlasting sign, that shall not be taken away.

Jeremiah 44:29
And this shall be a sign to you, saith the Lord, that I will punish you in this place: that you may know that my words shall be accomplished indeed against you for evil.

Lexicon
“Ask for
שְׁאַל־ (šə·’al-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

a sign
א֔וֹת (’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

from
מֵעִ֖ם (mê·‘im)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

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

your God,
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

[whether] from the depths
הַעְמֵ֣ק (ha‘·mêq)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6009: To be, deep

of Sheol
שְׁאָ֔לָה (šə·’ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

or
א֖וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 176: Desire, if

the heights
הַגְבֵּ֥הַּ (haḡ·bê·ah)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 1361: To soar, be lofty, to be haughty

of heaven.”
לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (lə·mā·‘ə·lāh)
Preposition-l | Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top


Additional Translations
“Ask for a sign from the LORD your God, whether from the depths of Sheol or the heights of heaven.”Ask you a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Ask for thyself a sign of the Lord thy God, in the depth or in the height.

Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God; ask for it in the deep, or in the height above.

Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

Ask thee a sign from the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the hight above.

"Ask a sign of Yahweh your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."

Ask for thee a sign from Jehovah thy God, Make deep the request, or make it high upwards.'
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