Isaiah 8:17-19

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¹⁷I will wait for the Lord,^(A)
who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.^(B)
I will wait for him.

¹⁸Here I am with the children the Lord has given me^(C) to be signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Armies who dwells on Mount Zion. ¹⁹When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”^(D) shouldn’t a people inquire of their God?^[a] Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?^(E)

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