20. Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) and some gift or providence which I lay before him he perverts into an occasion to sin and he commits iniquity, he shall die; because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood will I require at your hand.
21. Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he is warned; also you have delivered yourself from guilt.
22. And the hand of the Lord was there upon me, and He said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain and I will talk with you there.
23. Then I arose and went forth into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face.
24. Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; He spoke and said to me, Go, shut yourself up in your house.
25. But you, O son of man, behold, ropes will be put upon you and you will be bound with them, and you cannot go out among people.
26. And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk and be a reprover of the people, for they are a rebellious house.