1. Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me,
2. this message came to me from the lord:
3. “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests?
4. Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves.