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Isaiah 8:18-20
International Standard Version
Isaiah 8:18-20
International Standard Version
18 Watch 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
20 for instruction and for testimony?
Surely they are speaking like this
because the truth[c] hasn’t dawned on them.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:18 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read are signs and wonders
- Isaiah 8:19 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads gods
- Isaiah 8:20 1QIsaa MT lack the truth
Isaiah 8:18-20
New International Version
Isaiah 8:18-20
New International Version
18 Here am I, and the children the Lord has given me.(A) We are signs(B) and symbols(C) in Israel from the Lord Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.(D)
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(E) mediums and spiritists,(F) who whisper and mutter,(G) should not a people inquire(H) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(I) and the testimony of warning.(J) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(K) of dawn.
Isaiah 8:18-20
King James Version
Isaiah 8:18-20
King James Version
18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
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