15. Many will stumble.They will fall and be broken.They will be trapped and caught.
16. Tie up the written instructions.Seal the teachings among my disciples.
17. I will wait for the Lord,who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob.I will hope in him.
18. I am here with the children that the Lord has given me.We are signs and symbols in Israelfrom the Lord of Armies, who lives on Mount Zion.
19. People will say to you, “Ask for help from the mediumsand the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.”Shouldn’t 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 don’t speak these words,it is because it doesn’t dawn on them.