1. In the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
2. the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
3. “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Is it to enquire of me that you have come? As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I will not be enquired of by you.”’
4. “Will you judge them, son of man? Will you judge them? Cause them to know the abominations of their fathers.
5. Tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “In the day when I chose Israel, and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, ‘I am the Lord your God;’
6. in that day I swore to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.
7. I said to them, ‘Each of you throw away the abominations of his eyes. Don’t defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.’
8. “‘“But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me. They didn’t all throw away the abominations of their eyes. They also didn’t forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt.
9. But I worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, amongst which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
10. So I caused them to go out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.