1. Some elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
2. Then the word of the Lord came to me:
3. Son of man, these men keep the memory of their idols alive in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them. Should I allow myself to be consulted by them?
4. Therefore say to them: Thus says the Lord God: If any of the house of Israel who keep the memory of their idols in their hearts, setting the stumbling block of their sin before them, come to a prophet, I the Lord will answer in person because of their many idols,
5. in order to catch the hearts of the house of Israel, estranged from me because of all their idols.