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.(A)

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

24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me(G) to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.(H)

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21 And if you warn him, the righteous, not to sin, and the righteous does not sin, surely he will live, for he heeded a warning. And you will have saved your life.”[a]

22 And the hand of Yahweh was on me there, and he said to me, “Rise up, go out to the valley, and there I will speak with you.” 23 And I rose up, and I went to the valley, and, look, there the glory of Yahweh was standing, like the glory that I saw near the Kebar River,[b] and I fell on my face. 24 And the Spirit[c] came into me, and it made me stand on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Come, shut yourself inside your house,[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:21 Or “soul,” or “self”
  2. Ezekiel 3:23 Literally “river of Kebar”
  3. Ezekiel 3:24 Or “a spirit”
  4. Ezekiel 3:24 Literally “in the midst of your house”