7. For every one of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourneth in Yisroel, which separateth himself from Me, and setteth up his gillulim (idols) in his lev (heart), and putteth the michshol (stumbling block) of his avon (iniquity) before his face, and cometh to a navi (prophet) to inquire of him concerning Me; I Hashem will answer him by Myself;
8. And I will set My face against that ish, and will make him an ot (sign) and for meshalim (proverbs [i.e., make him a byword and an object lesson] and I will cut him off from the midst of My people; and ye shall know that I am Hashem.
9. And if the navi be induced to make a pronouncement, I Hashem have induced that navi, and I will stretch out My yad against him, and will make him shmad from the midst of My people Yisroel.
10. And they shall bear the punishment of their avon; the punishment of the navi shall be even as the punishment of him that inquireth of him;
11. That Bais Yisroel may go no more astray from Me, neither be made tameh any more with all their peysha'im; but that they may be My people, and I may be to them Elohim, saith Adonoi Hashem.
12. The Devar Hashem came again to me, saying,
13. Ben adam, when eretz sinneth against Me by persistent ma'al (faithlessness, treachery), then will I stretch out Mine yad upon it, and will break the matteh lechem thereof, and will send ra'av (famine) upon it, and will cut off adam and behemah from it;
14. Though these three anashim-Noach, Daniel, and Iyov--were in it, they would deliver but their own nefesh by their tzedakah, saith Adonoi Hashem.
15. If I cause chayyah ra'ah (wild beasts) to pass through ha'aretz, and they bereave it of children, so that it be desolate, that no one may pass through because of the beasts;
16. Though these sheloshet ha'anashim were in the midst of it, as I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, they shall deliver neither banim nor banot; only they shall be delivered, but ha'aretz shall be desolate.
17. Or if I bring a cherev upon that land, and say, Cherev, pass through ha'aretz; so that I cut off adam and behemah from it;
18. Though these sheloshet ha'anashim were in it, as I live, saith Adonoi Hashem, they would deliver neither banim nor banot, but they only themselves would be delivered.