Isaiah 8:17-19

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁷ I will wait for the Lord,
who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob.
I will hope in him.
¹⁸ I am here with the children that the Lord has given me.
We are signs and symbols in Israel
from the Lord of Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
¹⁹ People will say to you, “Ask for help from the mediums
and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.”
Shouldn’t people ask their God for help instead?
Why should they ask the dead to help the living?