THEN came certain of the elders of Yashar'el unto me, and sat before me.
And the Word of Yahuah came unto me, saying,
son of A'dam, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus says Adonai Yahuah; Every man of the house of Yashar'el that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahuah will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols;
That I may take the house of Yashar'el in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.
Therefore say unto the house of Yashar'el, Thus says Adonai Yahuah; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
For everyone of the house of Yashar'el, or of the stranger that sojourns in Yashar'el, which separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I Yahuah will answer him by myself:
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 Yahuah.
And if the prophet be deceived when he has spoken a thing, I Yahuah have deceived את that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Yashar'el.
And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeks unto him;
That the house of Yashar'el may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted anymore with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their Elohiym, says Adonai Yahuah.
The Word of Yahuah came again to me, saying,
son of A'dam, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my 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 it:
Though these three men, Noach, Daniy'el, and Iyov, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says Adonai Yahuah.
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:
Though these three men were in it, as I live, says Adonai Yahuah, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.
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 it:
Though these three men were in it, as I live, says Adonai Yahuah, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
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:
Though Noach, Daniy'el, and Iyov, were in it, as I live, says Adonai Yahuah, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
For thus says Adonai Yahuah; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Yerushalayim, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
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 Yerushalayim, את even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause את all that I have done in it, says Adonai Yahuah.