<h3>The Darkness Turns to Light</h3> 19 When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Isaiah 8:19

When someone tells you to consult<cr>1</cr> mediums and spiritists,<cr>2</cr> who whisper and mutter,<cr>3</cr> should not a people inquire<cr>4</cr> of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

 19 When someone tells you to consult   mediums and spiritists,   who whisper and mutter,   should not a people inquire   of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

2 <poetry>All day long I have held out my hands <indent>to an obstinate people, </indent> who walk in ways not good, <indent>pursuing their own imaginations —</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>a people who continually provoke me <indent>to my very face, </indent> offering sacrifices in gardens <indent>and burning incense on altars of brick;</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>who sit among the graves <indent>and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;</indent> who eat the flesh of pigs, <indent>and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;</indent> </poetry>

All day long I have held out my hands <indent>to an obstinate people,<cr>1</cr> </indent> who walk in ways not good, <indent>pursuing their own imaginations<cr>2</cr> —</indent>

Isaiah 65:2

a people who continually provoke me <indent>to my very face,<cr>1</cr> </indent> offering sacrifices in gardens<cr>2</cr> <indent>and burning incense<cr>3</cr> on altars of brick;</indent>

Isaiah 65:3

who sit among the graves<cr>1</cr> <indent>and spend their nights keeping secret vigil;</indent> who eat the flesh of pigs,<cr>2</cr> <indent>and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;</indent>

Isaiah 65:4

 2 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people,   who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations  —  3 a people who continually provoke me to my very face,   offering sacrifices in gardens   and burning incense   on altars of brick;  4 who sit among the graves   and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs,   and whose pots hold broth of impure meat; 

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