Isaiah 8:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

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

General references

Bible References

That peep

and you will be brought down. You will speak from the ground, and your speech will mumble from the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the ground, and your speech will whisper from the dust.

Should not

Samuel said, "Why do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy?

But the angel of the LORD spoke to Elijah the foreigner, "Get up and go meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Ask them "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you're going to consult with Ekron's god Baal-zebub?

Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there also will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

For the living

For they adopted the worship of Baal Peor and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.

The LORD is the true God; he's the living God and the everlasting king. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

For people keep telling us what kind of welcome you gave us and how you turned away from idols to serve a living and true God

General references

"You are to consult neither mediums nor familiar spirits. You are never to seek them you'll just be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

"But stand up now with your spells and your many incantations, at which you have labored from your childhood until today,

So the king gave orders to summon diviners, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to reveal to the king what he had dreamed. When they came and stood before him,

I will render your witchcraft powerless, and mediums will no longer exist among you.