14. And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15. And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken.”
16. Bind up the testimony; seal the teaching among my disciples.
17. I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
18. Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
19. And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?