Isaiah 8:11-20

11For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

12Ye shall not say, Conspiracy, of everything of which this people saith, Conspiracy; and fear ye not their fear, and be not in dread.

13Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.

14And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

17And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.

18Behold, I and the children that Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel, from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.

19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, [say,] Shall not a people seek unto their 1God? [Will they go] for the living unto the dead?

20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.