1 Then some of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.
2 the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
3 “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?
4 Therefore speak to them, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;
5 that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”’
6 “Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.