Isaiah 8:19
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
When 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?
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Seek
- Isaiah 19:3; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:8; 1 Chronicles 10:13; 2 Chronicles 33:6
- that peep
- Isaiah 29:4
- should not
- 1 Samuel 28:16; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Peter 2:1
- for the living
- Psalm 106:28; Jeremiah 10:10; 1 Thessalonians 1:9