I will not be inquired of by you

Then came the word of the L-rd unto Me, saying, Are you come to inquire of Me?
As I live, said the L-rd G-d, I will not be inquired of by you.
Thus said the L-rd G-d; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all the lands:
I fashioned for My name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, And I gave them My statutes, and showed them My judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them, and Me that they might know that I am the L-rd that sanctify them.
I have given you My chosen, to instruct you, have you followed their ways or adapted your own? Did I not set it all down in the Scriptures what I wanted done? Were you not adopted and grafted in to follow suit?
Now My Sabbaths are greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out My fury upon all that have not keep it sacred, to consume them, nevertheless mine eye spared you from destroying you, neither did I make an end of you.
I am the L-rd your G-d; walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; and hallow My Sabbaths; and you shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the L-rd your G-d. Notwithstanding your children rebelled against Me: they walked not in My statutes, neither kept My judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted My Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out My fury upon them, to accomplish My anger against them.
And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the L-rd. For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you. No! As I live, said the L-rd G-d, I will not be inquired of by you.
And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, As I live, said the L-rd G-d, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: And I will bring you out from the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against Me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn. As for you, rebels, go you, serve you every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not hearken unto Me: but pollute you My holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
All that will serve Me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. I will not be inquired of by you unless you are mine, and following My statues.
Moreover the word of the L-rd came unto Me, saying, Hear the word of the L-rd; Thus said the L-rd G-d; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the four corners shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the L-rd have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

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