Matthew Henry Commentary Isaiah 7:10-16

"And Jehovah spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah. And 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? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land whose two kings thou abhorrest shall be forsaken." — Isaiah 7:10-16 (ASV)

Secret disaffection toward God is often disguised with the pretense of respect for 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 placed on Divine revelation. Nothing is more grievous to God than distrust, but human unbelief will not render God's promise ineffective; the Lord himself will give a sign. However great your distress and danger, from you the Messiah is to be born, and you cannot be destroyed while that blessing is in you.

It will be brought to pass in a glorious manner; and the strongest consolations in time of trouble are derived from Christ: our relation to him, our interest in him, our expectations of him and from him. He would grow up like other children, by eating the food of those countries; but he would, unlike other children, uniformly refuse the evil and choose the good. And although his birth would be by the power of the Holy Spirit, yet he would not be fed with angels' food.

May we trust in and love Him, and copy his example.