Isaiah 8:19
When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?Isaiah 8:19 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યશાયા ૮:૧૯
- તેઓ તમને કહેશે, “ભૂવાઓ અને જાદુગરની પાસે જાઓ,” ધીમે અવાજે બડબડનાર જાદુગરની પાસે જઈને ખબર કાઢો. પણ શું તેઓએ પોતાના ઈશ્વરની પાસે જઈને ખબર નહિ કાઢવી? શું જીવતાંની ખાતર મરેલાં પાસે ખબર કાઢવા જવું?
- हिन्दी — यशायाह ८:१९
- जब लोग तुम से कहें, “ओझाओं और टोन्हों के पास जाकर पूछो जो गुनगुनाते और फुसफुसाते हैं,” तब तुम यह कहना, “क्या प्रजा को अपने परमेश्वर ही के पास जाकर न पूछना चाहिये? क्या जीवितों के लिये मुर्दों से पूछना चाहिये?” (लैव्य. 20:6, 19:31)
In context
17I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.
19When they tell you, “Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?
20Turn to the law and to the covenant! If they don’t speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.
21They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,
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