God’s Dealings with Israel Rehearsed

1 Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, (a)certain of the (A)elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord (b)God, “Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live,” declares the Lord God, “(B)I will not be inquired of by you.”’

Footnotes:

a. Ezekiel 20:1: ['Lit ', men]
b. Ezekiel 20:3: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']

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