Isaiah 7:10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, [kjv]
7:11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. [kjv]
αιτησαι σεαυτω σημειον παρα κυριου θεου σου εις βαθος η εις υψος [lxx]
Isaiah has a message for King Ahaz and refers to both
"depth" and
"height". Ahaz does not want to use this opportunity.
The
"sign" can be in the
"depth" or the
"height" - the two extremes. This
"sign" is somewhat like a "
wish" that can be granted.
The the
"sign" or "
wish" needs to be in the
"depth" or the
"height above" and not a meta-wish or wish about a wish (as in "
I wish I could have three more wishes"). The
"sign" is a change in
10 steps or degrees of the sun, whatever that means. A change of
5 degrees in today's sun dials would amount to adding
5 days a year making the years before about
360 days rather than
365 days.
2 Kings 20:11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. [kjv]
και εβοησεν ησαιας ο προφητης προς κυριον και επεστρεψεν η σκια εν τοις αναβαθμοις εις τα οπισω δεκα βαθμους [lxx]
Isaiah 38:8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. [kjv]
την σκιαν των αναβαθμων ους κατεβη ο ηλιος τους δεκα αναβαθμους του οικου του πατρος σου αποστρεψω τον ηλιον τους δεκα αναβαθμους και ανεβη ο ηλιος τους δεκα αναβαθμους ους κατεβη η σκια [lxx]
