2. Then the Lord spoke to me.
3. “Mortal man,” he said, “speak to these leaders and tell them that the Sovereign Lord is saying: you have come to ask my will, have you? As surely as I am the living God, I will not let you ask me anything. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.
4. “Are you ready to pass sentence on them, mortal man? Then do so. Remind them of the disgusting things their ancestors did.
5. Tell them what I am saying. When I chose Israel, I made them a promise. I revealed myself to them in Egypt and told them: I am the Lord your God.
6. It was then that I promised to take them out of Egypt and lead them to a land I had chosen for them, a rich and fertile land, the finest land of all.
7. I told them to throw away the disgusting idols they loved and not to make themselves unclean with the false gods of Egypt, because I am the Lord their God.