Isa 8:19, 29:4 | ESV | STEP | And when they say to you, Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter , should not a people inquire of their God ? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living ?

a ch. 19:3; 2 Kgs. 21:6; 23:24; 2 Chr. 33:6; See Lev. 19:31

Isaiah 8:19

19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the ^amediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of ^bthe dead on behalf of the living?

Isaiah 29:4

4 ^cAnd you will be brought low; from the earth you shall speak,
and from the dust your speech will be bowed down;
your voice shall come from the ground like ^dthe voice of a ghost,
and from the dust your speech shall whisper.