21 Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also you will have delivered your soul.”

22 (A)Then the hand of the Lord was upon me there, and He said to me, “Arise, go out (B)into the plain, and there I shall talk with you.”

23 So I arose and went out into the plain, and behold, (C)the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory which I (D)saw by the River Chebar; (E)and I fell on my face. 24 Then (F)the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet, and spoke with me and said to me: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.

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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”