Isaiah 8:19-22

GOD’S WORD Translation

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?
²⁰ They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions.
If people don’t speak these words,
it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.
²¹ They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed and hungry.
When they are hungry, they will be furious.
Then they will look up, cursing their king and God.
²² They will look at the earth and see only distress and gloom.
They will go in anguish and be forced into darkness.