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Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me.

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put in front of their faces the stumbling block of their wrongdoing. Should I let Myself be consulted by them at all?

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?

"Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Anyone of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will let Myself answer him in the matter in view of the multitude of his idols,

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;

in order to take hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who have turned away from Me due to all their idols."'

That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.