17. ‘Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.
18. When I say to a wicked person, “You will surely die,” and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
19. But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.
20. ‘Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling-block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
21. But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.’
22. The hand of the Lord was on me there, and he said to me, ‘Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.’
23. So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the Lord was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the River Kebar, and I fell face down.
24. Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: ‘Go, shut yourself inside your house.
25. And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.