Isaiah 7 · Verse 13

Isaiah 7:13

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isaiah 7:13, King James Version

Isaiah 7:13 in other translations

BSBThen Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
WEBHe said, “Listen now, house of David. Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
ASVAnd he said, Hear ye now, O house of David: Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?
YLTAnd he saith, ‘Hear, I pray you, O house of David, Is it a little thing for you to weary men, That ye weary also my God?
DARBYAnd he said, Hear then, house of David: Is it a small matter for you to weary men, that ye weary also my God?
BBEAnd he said, Give ear now, O family of David: is it not enough that you are driving men to disgust? will you do the same to my God?
WebsterAnd he said, Hear ye now, O house of David? Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

What does Isaiah 7:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. Is it a small thing?--Is it not enough for you (Nu 16:9)? The allusion to "David" is in order to contrast his trust in God with his degenerate descendant Ahaz' distrust. weary--try the patience of. men--prophets. Isaiah as yet had given no outward proof that he was from God; but now God has offered a sign, which Ahaz publicly rejects. The sin is therefore now not merely against "men," but openly against "God." Isaiah's manner therefore changes from mildness to bold reproof.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 7:10-16

Secret disaffection to God is often disguised with the colour of respect to him; and those who are resolved that they will not trust God, yet pretend they will not tempt him. The prophet reproved Ahaz and his court, for the little value they had for Divine revelation. Nothing is more grievous to God than distrust, but the unbelief of man shall not make the promise of God of no effect; the Lord himself shall give a…

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Isaiah 7:13 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
שִׁמְעוּ\־shim.'u-hearH8085
נָ֖אna'pleaseH4994
בֵּ֣יתbeitO house ofH1004
דָּוִ֑דda.VidDavidH1732
הַמְעַ֤טham.'At¿ [too] littleH4592
מִכֶּם֙mi.Kemfor you
הַלְא֣וֹתhal.'ot[is] to make wearyH3811
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH582
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
תַלְא֖וּtal.'Uyou will make wearyH3811
גַּ֥םgamalsoH1571
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֱלֹהָֽי\׃'e.lo.HaiGod myH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 7:13

  • Isaiah 43:24

    Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

  • Malachi 2:17

    Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  • Hebrews 3:10

    Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

  • Jeremiah 6:11

    Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

  • Isaiah 63:10

    But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

  • Ezekiel 16:47

    Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.

  • Ezekiel 34:18

    Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

  • Isaiah 7:2

    And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

  • Amos 3:13

    Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,

  • 2 Chronicles 36:15-16

    And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • 2 Chronicles 21:7

    Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

  • Genesis 30:15

    And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O house.
2; 2Ch 21:7; Jer 21:12; Lu 1:69
Is it a small.
Ge 30:15; Nu 16:9,13; Eze 16:20,47; 34:18
to weary.
2Ch 36:15,16; Jer 6:11
will ye.
1:24; 43:24; 63:10; 65:3-5; Am 3:13; Mal 2:17; Ac 7:51; Heb 3:10

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Context

  • Isaiah 7:12

    But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord.

  • Isaiah 7:13

    And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

  • Isaiah 7:14

    Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

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Isaiah 7:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dijo entonces Isaías: Oid ahora, casa de David. ¿Os es poco el ser molestos á los hombres, sino que también lo seáis á mi Dios?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il dit: Écoutez donc, maison de David: Est-ce peu de chose pour vous de lasser la patience des hommes, que vous lassiez aussi la patience de mon Dieu?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach er: Höret doch, Haus David! Ist es euch zu wenig, Menschen zu ermüden, daß ihr auch meinen Gott ermüdet?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dixit: Audite ergo, domus David. Numquid parum vobis est molestos esse hominibus, quia molesti estis et Deo meo?