16 My message and my teachings are to be sealed and given to my followers.
17 Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.
18 My children and I are warning signs to Israel from the Lord All-Powerful, who lives on Mount Zion.
19 Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods
20 what it should do.”None of those who talk like that will live to see the light of day!
21 They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven
22 and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.