Isaiah 7:12 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָחָ֑ז לֹא־אֶשְׁאַ֥ל וְלֹֽא־אֲנַסֶּ֖ה אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

But Ahaz said: ‘I will not ask, neither will I try the LORD.’

Rashi on Isaiah

and I will not test I do not wish that His Name be hallowed through Me.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

I will not ask, etc. From the answer of the prophet we conclude that the words of Ahaz must be taken in a bad sense: I shall not ask nor shall I try Him, for I know that He cannot do what I should ask Him.
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