1. And come in unto me do certain of the elders of Israel, and sit before me.
2. And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
3. `Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?
4. `Therefore, speak with them, and thou hast said unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Every one of the house of Israel who causeth his idols to go up unto his heart, and the stumbling-block of his iniquity setteth over-against his face, andhath gone in unto the prophet--I Jehovah have given an answer to him for this, for the abundance of his idols,
5. in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols--all of them.
6. `Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Turn ye back, yea, turn ye back from your idols, and from all your abominations turn back your faces,