Ezekiel 3:22-27

New Century Version

²² Then I felt the power of the Lord there. He said to me, “Get up and go out to the plain. There I will speak to you.” ²³ So I got up and went out to the plain. I saw the glory of the Lord standing there, like the glory I saw by the Kebar River, and I bowed facedown on the ground.

²⁴ Then the Spirit entered me and made me stand on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go, shut yourself up in your house. ²⁵ As for you, human, the people will tie you up with ropes so that you will not be able to go out among them. ²⁶ Also, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so you will be silent. You will not be able to argue with the people, even though they turn against me. ²⁷ But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you will say to them, ‘The Lord God says this.’ Those who will listen, let them listen. Those who refuse, let them refuse, because they are a people who turn against me.