“I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”
Isaiah 8:17 (WEB)
Context Reading
15Many will stumble over it, fall, be broken, be snared, and be captured.” 16Wrap up the covenant. Seal the law among my disciples. 17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18Behold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh 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?