1 On the tenth day of the fifth month of the seventh year, some of the elders of Israel came to seek Adonai. They sat before me.
2 The word of Adonai came to me saying:
3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel. Say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live’—it is a declaration of Adonai—‘I will not be inquired of by you.’
4 “Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? Make them know the detestable practices of their fathers.