1
Then
came
certain
of
the
elders
of
Israel
unto
me,
and
sat
before
2
And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
unto
me,
saying,
3
Son
of
man,
these
men
have
set
up
their
idols
in
their
heart,
and
put
the
stumblingblock
of
their
iniquity
before
their
face:
should
I
be
enquired
of
at
all
by
them?
4
Therefore
speak
unto
them,
and
say
unto
them,
Thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD;
Every
man
of
the
house
of
Israel
that
setteth
up
his
idols
in
his
heart,
and
putteth
the
stumblingblock
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face,
and
cometh
to
the
prophet;
I
the
LORD
will
answer
him
that
cometh
according
to
the
multitude
of
his
idols;
5
That
I
may
take
the
house
of
Israel
in
their
own
heart,
because
they
are
all
estranged
from
me
through
their
idols.
6
Therefore
say
unto
the
house
of
Israel,
Thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD;
Repent,
and
turn
[yourselves]
from
your
idols;
and
turn
away
your
faces
from
all
your
abominations.
7
For
every
one
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
of
the
stranger
that
sojourneth
in
Israel,
which
separateth
himself
from
me,
and
setteth
up
his
idols
in
his
heart,
and
putteth
the
stumblingblock
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face,
and
cometh
to
a
prophet
to
enquire
of
him
concerning
me;
I
the
LORD
will
answer
him
by
myself:
8
And
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
man,
and
will
make
him
a
sign
and
a
proverb,
and
I
will
cut
him
off
from
the
midst
of
my
people;
and
ye
shall
know
that
I
[am]
the
LORD.
9
And
if
the
prophet
be
deceived
when
he
hath
spoken
a
thing,
I
the
LORD
have
deceived
that
prophet,
and
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
upon
him,
and
will
destroy
him
from
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel.
10
And
they
shall
bear
the
punishment
of
their
iniquity:
the
punishment
of
the
prophet
shall
be
even
as
the
punishment
of
him
that
seeketh
[unto
him];
11
That
the
house
of
Israel
may
go
no
more
astray
from
me,
neither
be
polluted
any
more
with
all
their
transgressions;
but
that
they
may
be
my
people,
and
I
may
be
their
God,
saith
the
Lord
GOD.
12
The
word
of
the
LORD
came
again
to
me,
saying,
13
Son
of
man,
when
the
land
sinneth
against
me
by
trespassing
grievously,
then
will
I
stretch
out
mine
hand
upon
it,
and
will
break
the
staff
of
the
bread
thereof,
and
will
send
famine
upon
it,
and
will
cut
off
man
and
beast
from
14
Though
these
three
men,
Noah,
Daniel,
and
Job,
were
in
it,
they
should
deliver
[but]
their
own
souls
by
their
righteousness,
saith
the
Lord
GOD.
15
If
I
cause
noisome
beasts
to
pass
through
the
land,
and
they
spoil
it,
so
that
it
be
desolate,
that
no
man
may
pass
through
because
of
the
beasts:
16
[Though]
these
three
men
[were]
in
it,
[as]
I
live,
saith
the
Lord
GOD,
they
shall
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters;
they
only
shall
be
delivered,
but
the
land
shall
be
desolate.
17
Or
[if]
I
bring
a
sword
upon
that
land,
and
say,
Sword,
go
through
the
land;
so
that
I
cut
off
man
and
beast
from
18
Though
these
three
men
[were]
in
it,
[as]
I
live,
saith
the
Lord
GOD,
they
shall
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
but
they
only
shall
be
delivered
themselves.
19
Or
[if]
I
send
a
pestilence
into
that
land,
and
pour
out
my
fury
upon
it
in
blood,
to
cut
off
from
it
man
and
beast:
20
Though
Noah,
Daniel,
and
Job,
[were]
in
it,
[as]
I
live,
saith
the
Lord
GOD,
they
shall
deliver
neither
son
nor
daughter;
they
shall
[but]
deliver
their
own
souls
by
their
righteousness.
21
For
thus
saith
the
Lord
GOD;
How
much
more
when
I
send
my
four
sore
judgments
upon
Jerusalem,
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
and
the
noisome
beast,
and
the
pestilence,
to
cut
off
from
it
man
and
beast?
22
Yet,
behold,
therein
shall
be
left
a
remnant
that
shall
be
brought
forth,
[both]
sons
and
daughters:
behold,
they
shall
come
forth
unto
you,
and
ye
shall
see
their
way
and
their
doings:
and
ye
shall
be
comforted
concerning
the
evil
that
I
have
brought
upon
Jerusalem,
[even]
concerning
all
that
I
have
brought
upon
23
And
they
shall
comfort
you,
when
ye
see
their
ways
and
their
doings:
and
ye
shall
know
that
I
have
not
done
without
cause
all
that
I
have
done
in
it,
saith
the
Lord
GOD.