Isaiah 8:17-19

Lexham English Bible

¹⁷And I will wait for Yahweh,
who hides his face from the house of Jacob,
and I will await him.

¹⁸Look! I and the children whom Yahweh has given to me are like signs and portents in Israel from Yahweh of hosts, the one who dwells on the mountain of Zion. ¹⁹Now if they tell you, “Consult the ghosts and the spirits, those who chirp and those who mutter. Should not a people consult its gods, the dead on behalf of the living,