And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
KJV
Isaiah 8:19
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?
Parallel Translations
And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
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?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 10:13Leviticus 20:62 Chronicles 33:6Psalms 106:28Leviticus 19:31Isaiah 29:41 Samuel 28:8Isaiah 19:3Deuteronomy 18:11Jeremiah 10:102 Kings 1:32 Kings 21:62 Kings 23:241 Samuel 28:161 Samuel 28:11
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