22 The hand of the Lord was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the plain,(A) and I will speak with you there.”(B) 23 So I got up and went out to the plain. The Lord’s glory was present there,(C) like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal,(D) and I fell facedown. 24 The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet.(E) He spoke with me and said, “Go, shut yourself inside your house. 25 As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you(F) 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,(G) and you will be mute(H) and unable to be a mediator for[a] them, for they are a rebellious house. 27 But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth,(I) 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.

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  1. 3:26 Or to rebuke

22 The hand of the Lord(A) was on me there, and he said to me, “Get up and go(B) out to the plain,(C) 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 Kebar River,(D) and I fell facedown.(E)

24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me(F) to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.(G) 25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.(H) 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(I) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(J) 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(K) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.(L)

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