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.