Ezekiel 20:1-7

In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, some of Israel’s elders came to inquire of the LORD,  and they sat down in front of me. Then the word of the LORD came to me: “Son of man, speak with the elders of Israel and tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you coming to inquire of me? As I live, I will not let you inquire of me.  This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.’ “Will you pass judgment against them, will you pass judgment, son of man? Explain the detestable practices of their ancestors to them.  Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day I chose Israel, I swore an oath  , to the descendants of Jacob’s house and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, saying, “I am the LORD your God.”  On that day I swore  to them that I would bring them out  of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey,  the most beautiful of all lands.  I also said to them, “Throw away, each of you, the abhorrent things that you prize,  and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt.  I am the LORD your God.”