to Ahaz any sign he may like to demand, in Heaven above of Sheol below, in proof that Yahweh determines what shall come to pass, and that it is His present will that Jerusalem shall suffer nothing from the advancing armies of Ephraim and Syria, but that these armies will within a short time retire and leave Judah unmolested. Obviously we have no full account of the interview. We must, therefore, infer what definite statements by Isaiah preceded this offer of a sign, and what that sign was to prove.