Isaiah 8:19-22

International Children’s Bible

¹⁹ Some people say, “Ask the mediums and fortune-tellers what to do. They whisper and mutter and ask dead people what to do.” But I tell you that people should ask their God for help. Why should people who are still alive ask something from the dead? ²⁰ You should follow the teachings and the agreement with the Lord. The mediums and fortune-tellers do not speak the word of the Lord. Their words are worth nothing.

²¹ People will wander through the land troubled and hungry. When they become hungry, they will become angry. Then they will look up and curse their king and their God. ²² They will look around them at their land. And they will see only trouble and darkness and awful gloom. And they will be forced into the darkness.