Condemnation of Israel’s Idolatrous Elders

14 And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat before me.^{[a] 2} And the word of Yahweh came^[b] to me, saying,^{[c] 3} “Son of man,^[d] these men took up their idols into their heart and they placed before themselves^[e] a stumbling block of their guilt.^[f] Should I really let myself be consulted by them?^{[g] 4} Therefore speak with them, and you must say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Every person from the house of Israel who brings up his idols into his heart and places before himself^[h] a stumbling block of his guilt^[i] and yet he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act^[j] with respect to the multitude^[k] of his idols, ⁵ so that I may take hold of the house of Israel by their heart, those who are estranged from me, all of them, through their idols.’