1	Then came# certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat# before me.
			2	And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying# ,
			3	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?
			4	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;
			5	That I may take# the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged# from me through their idols.
			6	Therefore say# unto the house of Israel, Thus saith# the Lord GOD; Repent# , and turn# yourselves from your idols; and turn away# your faces from all your abominations. [yourselves: or, others]
			7	For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth# in Israel, which separateth# himself from me, and setteth up# his idols in his heart, and putteth# the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh# to a prophet to enquire# of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer# him by myself:
			8	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 the LORD.
			9	And if the prophet be deceived# when he hath spoken# a thing, I the LORD have deceived# that prophet, and I will stretch out# my hand upon him, and will destroy# him from the midst of my people Israel.
			10	And they shall bear# the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh# unto him ;
			11	That the house of Israel may go no more astray# from me, neither be polluted# any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith# the Lord GOD.
			12	The word of the LORD came again to me, saying# ,
			13	Son of man, when the land sinneth# against me by trespassing# grievously, then will I stretch out# mine 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:
			14	Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver# but their own souls by their righteousness, saith# the Lord GOD.
			15	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: [spoil: or, bereave]
			16	Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith# the Lord GOD, they shall deliver# neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered# , but the land shall be desolate. [in it: Heb. in the midst of it]
			17	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:
			18	Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith# the Lord GOD, they shall deliver# neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered# themselves.
			19	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:
			20	Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith# the Lord GOD, they shall deliver# neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver# their own souls by their righteousness.
			21	For thus saith# the Lord GOD; How much more when I send# my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off# from it man and beast? [How...: or, Also when]
			22	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 Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought# upon it.
			23	And they shall comfort# you, when ye see# their ways and their doings: and ye shall know# that I have not done# without cause all that I have done# in it, saith# the Lord GOD.