SOME OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME TO ME

2 THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO ME

3 SON OF MAN, THESE MEN HAVE SET UP IDOLS IN THEIR HEARTS

4 THEREFORE SPEAK TO THEM

5 I WILL DO THIS TO RECAPTURE THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL

6 THEREFORE SAY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL

7 WHEN ANY ISRAELITE OF ANY ALIEN SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM ME,

8 I WILL SET MY FACE AGAINST THAT MAN

9 IF THE PROPHET IS ENTICED TO UTTER A PROPHECY, I HAVE ENTICED THAT PROPHET

10 THEY WILL BEAR THEIR GUILT

11 THEN THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WILL NO LONGER STRAY FROM ME

12 THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO EM

14 NOAH, DANIEL AND JOB- WERE IN IT, THEY COULD SAVE ONLY THEMSELVES BY THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS

15 OR IF I SEND WILD BEASTS

16 EVEN IF THESE THREE MEN WERE IN IT, THEY COULD NOT SAVE THEIR OWN SONS

17 OR IF I BRING A SWORD AGAINST THAT COUNTRY,

18 AND I KILL ITS MEN AND THEIR ANIMALS

19 OR IF I SEND A PLAGUE INTO THAT LAND

20 THEY COULD SAVE NEIOTHER SON NOR DAUTHTER. THEY WOULD SAVE ONLY THEMSELVES

21 FOR THIS IS THAT THE LORD SAYS

22 TO KILL ITS MEN AND THEIR ANIMALS, YET THERE WILL BE SOME SURVIVORS

23 YOU WILL BE CONSOLED WHEN YOU SEE THEIR CONDUCT AND THEIR ACTIONS, FOR YOU WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE DONE NOTHING IN IT WITHOUT CAUSE, DECLARES THE LORD