Isaiah 8:19

Seek unto] i.e. with a view of consulting as an oracle, despairing of other help. Familiar spirits] The forms of necromancy referred to are forbidden in Deuteronomy 18:11, and the nature of the practices reprobated is well illustrated by the famous example of the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:7.) Peep] i.e. 'chirp' (RV) as a bird (Isaiah 10:14); referring to the thin and feeble voice of ghosts from Sheol (Isaiah 29:4). For the living to the dead] RV 'on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead?'