Isaiah 8:17-19

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁷ I will wait for Adonai,
who is hiding his face
from the house of Ya‘akov;
yes, I will look for him.
¹⁸ Meanwhile, I and the children
whom Adonai has given me
will become for Isra’el
signs and wonders
from Adonai-Tzva’ot
living on Mount Tziyon.
¹⁹ So when they tell you to consult
those squeaking, squawking mediums and fortune-tellers;
[you are to answer],
“Shouldn’t a people seek their God?
Must the living ask the dead