Isaiah 8:12-22

12“You are not to say, ‘It is a 1conspiracy!’ Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy, And 2you are not to fear 3what they fear or be in dread of it.13It is the 4Lord of armies 5whom you are to regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread.14Then He will become a 6sanctuary; But to both houses of Israel, He will be a 7stone of stumbling and a rock 8of offense, And a snare and a 9trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.15Many 10will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will be snared and caught.”

1611Bind up the testimony, 12seal the 13Law among 14my disciples. 17And I will 15wait for the Lord 16who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him. 1817Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are for 18signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, who 19dwells on Mount Zion.

19When they say to you, “20Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should a people not 21consult their God? Should they 22consult the dead in behalf of the living? 20To the 2324Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance with this word, it is because 25they have no dawn. 21They will pass through 26the land 27dejected and hungry, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will become enraged and curse 28their king and their God as they face upward. 22Then they will 29look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be 30driven away into darkness.