Exo 18:15, 1Sa 9:9, 1Ki 22:5-7, Jer 21:2, Eze 14:1-11, 20:1-7 | ESV | STEP | And Moses said to his father-in-law , Because the people come to me to inquire of God ;

9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man ^bwent to inquire of God, he said, “Come, let us go to the seer,” for today’s “prophet” was formerly called a seer.)

1 Kings 22:5-7

5 And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Inquire first for the word of the Lord.” 6 Then the king of Israel ^cgathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.” 7 But ^dJehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?”

Jeremiah 21:2

2 ^e“Inquire of the Lord for us, ^ffor Nebuchadnezzar ^{▼▼Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, an alternate spelling of Nebuchadnezzar (king of Babylon) occurring frequently from Jeremiah 21–52; this latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency} king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to ^hall his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”

Ezekiel 14:1-11

Idolatrous Elders Condemned

1 Then certain of the ⁱelders of Israel came to me ^jand sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 ^k“Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their hearts, and set ^lthe stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. ^mShould I indeed let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Any one of the house of Israel who takes his idols into his heart and sets the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to the prophet, ⁿI the Lord will answer him as he comes with the multitude of his idols, 5 ^othat I may lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel, ^pwho are all estranged from me through their idols.

6 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^qRepent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, ^rwho separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, ^sI the Lord will answer him myself. 8 And ^tI will set my face against that man; I ^uwill make him a sign and a byword ^vand cut him off from the midst of my people, ^wand you shall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet is deceived and speaks a word, ^xI, the Lord, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 10 And they shall bear their punishment ^{▼▼Or iniquity; three times in this verse}—the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike— 11 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor ^zdefile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, ^aabut that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 20:1-7

Israel’s Continuing Rebellion

1 ^abIn the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, certain of ^acthe elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, ^adand sat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came to me: 3 ^ae“Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God, Is it to inquire of me that you come? ^afAs I live, declares the Lord God, ^agI will not be inquired of by you. 4 ^ahWill you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? ^aiLet them know the abominations of their fathers, 5 and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^ajOn the day when I chose Israel, ^akI swore ^{▼▼Hebrew I lifted my hand; twice in this verse; also verses 6, 15, 23, 28, 42} to the offspring of the house of Jacob, ^ammaking myself known to them in the land of Egypt; ^anI swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God. 6 On that day I swore to them that ^aoI would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land ^apflowing with milk and honey, ^aqthe most glorious of all lands. 7 And I said to them, ' ^arCast away the detestable things ^asyour eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with ^atthe idols of Egypt; ^auI am the Lord your God.'