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22 The power of the Lord was on me. He said, “Get up. Go out to the plain. I will speak to you there.” 23 So I got up and went out to the plain. The glory of the Lord was standing there. It was just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River. So I fell with my face toward the ground.

24 Then the Spirit of the Lord came into me. He raised me to my feet. He said to me, “Go, son of man. Shut yourself inside your house. 25 Some people will tie you up with ropes. So you will not be able to go out among your people. 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth. Then you will be silent. You will not be able to correct them. That’s because they always refuse to obey me. 27 But later I will speak to you. I will open your mouth. Then you will tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord and King says.’ Those who listen will listen. And those who refuse to listen will refuse. They always refuse to obey me.

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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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