Ezekiel 20:2-4

New International Version - UK

² Then the word of the Lord came to me: ³ ‘Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: have you come to enquire of me? As surely as I live, I will not let you enquire of me, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

⁴ ‘Will you judge them? Will you judge them, son of man? Then confront them with the detestable practices of their ancestors