Isaiah 8:17-19

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¹⁷I’ll wait for the Lord,
    who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob,
        and I’ll put my trust in him.
¹⁸Watch out! I and the children
    whom the Lord has given me
are a sign and a wonder^[a] in Israel
    from the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
        who resides on Mount Zion.”

Rejecting Occultic Wisdom

¹⁹“So when they advise you,

‘Ask the mediums your questions,
and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,’
shouldn’t a people instead be consulting their God—^[b]
and not the dead—
on behalf of those who are living

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Footnotes

Isaiah 8:18 So 1QIsa^a; MT LXX read are signs and wonders
Isaiah 8:19 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT reads gods

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Rejecting Occultic Wisdom

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Isaiah 8:17-19

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