1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
2 the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be inquired of by you.”’
4 “Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
5 Tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God;’