3 “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?
4 Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.
5 I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.’
6 “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins.
7 I, the lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.
8 I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among my people. Then you will know that I am the lord.
9 “‘And if a prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is because I, the lord, have deceived that prophet. I will lift my fist against such prophets and cut them off from the community of Israel.