Son of man, these men have set up theiridols in theirheart, and put the stumblingblock of theiriniquitybeforetheirface: should I be enquired of at all by them?
Thereforespeakuntothem, and say untothem, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israelthatsetteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquitybefore his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORDwillanswer him thatcomethaccording to the multitude of his idols;
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turnyourselvesfromyouridols; and turnawayyourfacesfrom all yourabominations.
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangerthatsojourneth in Israel, whichseparatethhimselffrom me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquitybefore his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORDwillanswer him by myself:
And I will set my faceagainstthat man, and willmake him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shallknowthat I am the LORD.
And if the prophet be deceivedwhen he hathspoken a thing, I the LORDhavedeceivedthatprophet, and I willstretch out my handupon him, and willdestroy him from the midst of my peopleIsrael.
That the house of Israel may go no moreastrayfrom me, neither be polluted any morewith all theirtransgressions; but thatthey may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.
Son of man, when the landsinnethagainst me by trespassinggrievously, thenwill I stretch out minehandupon it, and willbreak the staff of the breadthereof, and willsendfamineupon it, and will cut off man and beastfrom it:
Thoughthesethree men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, theyshalldeliverneithersons nor daughters; theyonlyshall be delivered, but the landshall be desolate.
ThoughNoah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, theyshalldeliverneither son nor daughter; theyshall but delivertheir own souls by theirrighteousness.
For thussaith the Lord GOD; How muchmorewhen I send my foursorejudgmentsuponJerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisomebeast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
Yet, behold, thereinshall be left a remnantthatshall be broughtforth, bothsons and daughters: behold, theyshallcomeforthunto you, and ye shall see their way and theirdoings: and ye shall be comfortedconcerning the evilthat I havebroughtuponJerusalem, evenconcerning all that I havebroughtupon it.
And theyshallcomfort you, when ye see theirways and theirdoings: and ye shallknowthat I have not donewithoutcause all that I havedone in it, saith the Lord GOD.