8. I’ve now hardened your face so that you can meet them head-on.
9. I’ve made your forehead like a diamond, harder than stone. Don’t be afraid of them or shrink away from them, because they are a household of rebels.
10. He said to me: Human one, listen closely, and take to heart every word I say to you.
11. Then go to the exiles, to your people’s children. Whether they listen or not, speak to them and say: The Lord God proclaims!
12. Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great quaking sound from his place. Blessed is the Lord’s glory!
13. The sound was the creatures’ wings beating against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them; it was a great rumbling noise.
14. Then the wind picked me up and took me away. With the Lord’s power pressing down against me I went away, bitter and deeply angry,
15. and I came to the exiles who lived beside the Chebar River at Tel-abib. I stayed there among them for seven desolate days.
16. At the end of the seven days, the Lord’s word came to me: