³ Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.

⁷ The seers shall be disappointed, And the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; For there is no answer from God."

²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

⁸ 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, And honor me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.

⁹ And in vain do they worship me, Teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"

⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

³¹ and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

⁷ For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of me; I Yahweh will answer him by myself:

⁸ and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

³ Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

⁴ Therefore speak to them, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I Yahweh will answer him therein according to the multitude of his idols;

¹⁵ When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

¹² When you come to appear before me, Who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

⁸ The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

¹⁵ Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,

¹⁷ Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?

¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.

¹⁹ "You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

²¹ You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

⁶ When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.