Isaiah 8:11-22 - Wait For Yahweh

¹¹ For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

¹² "Do not say, 'A conspiracy.' concerning all about which this people say, 'A conspiracy.' neither fear their threats, nor be in dread. ¹³ The LORD of hosts is who you must regard as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread. ¹⁴ And he will be a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock that makes them fall to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured."

¹⁶ Wrap up the testimony. Seal the law among my disciples. ¹⁷ I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

¹⁸ Behold, I and the children whom God has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion. ¹⁹ When they tell you, "Consult with the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits who chirp and who mutter. Shouldn't a people consult with their gods, by consulting the dead on behalf of the living?" ²⁰ Turn to the law and to the testimony. If they do not speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

²¹ They will pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward, ²² and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness.