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Isaiah 8:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 8:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
19 When they say to you, “Consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”(A) shouldn’t a people consult their God?[a] Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?(B) 20 To the law and to the testimony!(C) If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.
21 They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.
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Isaiah 8:19-21
New International Version
Isaiah 8:19-21
New International Version
The Darkness Turns to Light
19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(E) and the testimony of warning.(F) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(G) of dawn. 21 Distressed and hungry,(H) they will roam through the land;(I) when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse(J) their king and their God.
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