9. I have made you as hard as a diamond, harder than stone. Don’t be afraid of them. Don’t be frightened by them. They are a people who turn against me.”
10. Also, the Lord said to me, “Human being, believe all the words that I will speak to you. And listen carefully.
11. Go to the captives, your people. And speak to them, whether they listen or not. Tell them, ‘The Lord God says this.’”
12. Then the Spirit lifted me up. And I heard a loud rumbling sound behind me. A voice said, “Praise God in heaven.”
13. I heard the wings of the living creatures touching each other. And I heard the sound of the wheels by them. It was a loud rumbling sound.
14. So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I was unhappy and angry. I felt the great power of the Lord.
15. I came to the captives from Judah. They lived by the Kebar River at Tel Abib. I sat there seven days where these people lived. I was shocked.
16. After seven days the Lord spoke his word to me again. He said,