11 For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Do not say, A confederacy, to all those to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the LORD of the hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 Then he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock to cause a fall to both the houses of Israel, for a snare and for a net to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble and fall and be broken and be snared and be taken.
16 Bind up the testimony; seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait for the LORD, who hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of the hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion. 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto spiritists and unto wizards that peep and that mutter; shall the people not seek unto their God? Shall we appeal for the living unto the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. 21 Then they shall pass through this land, fatigued and hungry, and it shall come to pass that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves and curse their king and their God. And raising their face high, 22 they shall look upon the earth and behold tribulation and gross darkness, darkness and anguish; and they shall be submerged in gross darkness.