21. But if you warn the righteous person that he should not sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he listened to your warning, and you will have saved your life.”
22. Then the hand of the Lord was on me there, and He said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain, and I will speak with you there.”
23. So I got up and went out to the plain. The Lord’s glory was present there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal, and I fell facedown.
24. The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25. And you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so you cannot go out among them.
26. I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be mute and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious house.
27. But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’ Let the one who listens, listen, and let the one who refuses, refuse — for they are a rebellious house.