¹⁵ While he was saying this to me, I bowed with my face toward the ground and was speechless.^(A)

²⁰ And now you will be silent and not able to speak^(A) until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”

²⁷ At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent.^(A) So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.^(B)”

⁹ Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.^(A)

¹⁸ While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.^(A) Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.^(B)

²² Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,^(A) and he opened my mouth^(B) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.^(C)