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19 If they say to you: “Consult the ghosts and the spirits that chirp and mutter. (Shouldn’t a people consult its gods?) Consult the dead on behalf of the living 20 for instruction and for testimony”—they will surely say such things, but they will never see the dawn.[a]

21 They will pass through the land,[b] dejected and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will curse their king and God. They will turn toward heaven

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  1. Isaiah 8:20 Heb uncertain for 8:19-20
  2. Isaiah 8:21 Or it

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