1 Some elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
2 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
3 Son of man, these men keep the memory of their idols alive in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them. Should I allow myself to be consulted by them?
4 Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: If any of the house of Israel who keep the memory of their idols in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them, come to a prophet, I the Lord will answer in person because of their many idols,
5 in order to catch the hearts of the house of Israel, estranged from me because of all their idols.