Ezekiel 33:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² The evening before the man arrived, the power of the Lord came on me. He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened. I was no longer silent.

²³ Then a message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, ²⁴ “Son of man, here is what the people living in Israel’s broken-down buildings are saying. ‘Abraham was only one man. But he owned the land. We are many people. The land must certainly belong to us.’