Read Ezekiel 14.1-11
Ezekiel must contend with competition from other prophets.
God states that the elders have taken their idols into their hearts, apparently a reference to their consulting pagan diviners or a charge that other Judean prophets are false.
The coarse term for idols, literally "dung balls," demonstrates Ezekiel's disdain for such persons.
In response to those who consult idols or false prophets, God states, "I, the LORD, will answer him myself," and claims to deliberately deceive the false prophets so that they will be destroyed
(1 Kings 22).
The covenant formula (see comment of 11.14-21) they shall be my people, and I will be their God conveys God's intention to convince the people to remain loyal.
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