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when = should.
familiar spirits. See note on Lev_19:31.
peep. Hebrew. zaphaph. Occurs only in Isaiah; and this form, only in Isa_10:14, elsewhere, in Isa_29:4 (whisper); Isa_38:14 (chatter). It is used of an unearthly sound.
mutter: i, e. with indistinct sounds. This refers to the low incantations which, in the Babylonian and Egyptian "mysteries", had to be recited in a whisper (like certain parts of the Roman Missal). A whole series is called "the ritual of the whispered charm".
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
for the living to the dead. Supply the Figure of speech Ellipsis from the preceding clause (App-6), and render: "Should not any People seek unto its God? for [should] the living [seek unto] the dead? "This is a solemn warning against all ancient and modern Spiritists.