³“Son of man,^c these men took up their idols into their heart and they placed before themselves^d a stumbling block of their guilt.^e Should I really let myself be consulted by them?^f ⁴Therefore 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^g a stumbling block of his guilt^h and yet he comes to the prophet, I Yahweh, I will respond to him through this actⁱ with respect to the multitude^j of his idols, ⁵so 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.’ ⁶Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Return,^k and turn away from your idols and from all of your detestable things! Turn away your faces!” ’ ⁷For each person^l from the house of Israel, and from the alien who dwells as an alien in Israel, who separates himself from following me^m and brings up his idols into his heart and places before himselfⁿ a stumbling block of his guilt^o, and yet he comes to the prophet to consult him concerning me, I Yahweh will answer^p him myself.

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Footnotes

cOr “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
dLiterally “they gave before their faces”
eOr “iniquity”
fLiterally “Surely I will let me be consulted by them?”
gLiterally “they gave before their faces”
hOr “iniquity”
iHebrew “it”
jAccording to the Kethib; the Qere reads “I will respond to him, he who comes with the multitude of his idols”
kOr “Repent”
lLiterally “a man, a man” or “each one, each one”
mLiterally “from behind me”
nLiterally “he puts beside his face”
oOr “iniquity”
pOr “am answering”