1. When some of the elders of the house of Israel came to sit in my presence,
2. the Lord’s word came to me:
3. Human one, these men decide on their own to set up their idols, so the cause of their downfall is right in front of them. Why should I allow them to ask me anything?
4. Therefore, speak to them and tell them, The Lord God proclaims: If anyone from the house of Israel decides on his own to set up his idols and puts the cause of his downfall right in front him, but then comes to the prophet, I, the Lord, will require an answer from him through his many idols.
5. So I’ll seize the hearts of the house of Israel, whose idols have made them all strangers to me.