Isaiah 8:16-20 - Warning Against Consulting The Dead

¹⁶ Tie up the written instructions. Seal the precepts (law) among my disciples. ¹⁷ I will wait for Jehovah, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.

¹⁸ I am here with the children Jehovah has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from Jehovah of Hosts, who lives on Mount Zion. ¹⁹ People will say to you: Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter. Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living? ²⁰ They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people do not speak these words, it is because there is no light (truth) in them.