¹² But the king refused. “No,” he said, “I will not test the Lord like that.”

⁹ Nor should we put Christ^[a] to the test, as some of them did and then died from snakebites.

⁹ And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”

¹⁵ From now on we will call the arrogant blessed. For those who do evil get rich, and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm.’”

³¹ So my people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

²² Even during this time of trouble, King Ahaz continued to reject the Lord.

¹⁵ He told Uriah the priest, “Use the new altar^[a] for the morning sacrifices of burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, and the burnt offerings of all the people, as well as their grain offerings and liquid offerings. Sprinkle the blood from all the burnt offerings and sacrifices on the new altar. The bronze altar will be for my personal use only.”

¹⁶ You must not test the Lord your God as you did when you complained at Massah.