1 And men from the elders of Israel came to me, and they sat
⌊before me
⌋.
*
2 And the word of Yahweh
⌊came
⌋* to me,
⌊saying
⌋,
*
3 "Son of man,
* these men took up their idols into their heart and
⌊they placed before themselves
⌋* a stumbling block of their guilt.
* ⌊Should I really let myself be consulted by them
⌋?
*
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
⌋* a stumbling block of his guilt
* and
yet he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this act
* with
respect to the multitude
* 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.'
6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Return,
* and turn away from your idols and from all of your detestable things! Turn away your faces!" '