2. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
3. “Human, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: Did you come to ask me questions? As surely as I live, I will not let you ask me questions.’
4. “Will you judge them? Will you judge them, human? Let them know the hateful things their ancestors did.
5. Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord God says: When I chose Israel, I made a promise to the descendants of Jacob. I made myself known to them in Egypt, and I promised them, “I am the Lord your God.”
6. At that time I promised them I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had found for them, a fertile land, the best land in the world.