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What does Ezekiel 14:3 mean?

"“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?"

— Ezekiel 14:3 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Then some of the elders of Israel came to me, and sat before me.

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Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

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“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?

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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;

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that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols.”’

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“Therefore tell the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Return, and turn yourselves from your idols! Turn away your faces from all your abominations.

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