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21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he[a] does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”

Isolated and Silenced

22 The hand[b] of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, “Get up, go out to the valley,[c] and I will speak with you there.” 23 So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River,[d] and I threw myself face down.

24 Then a wind[e] came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord[f] spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:21 tn Heb “the righteous man.”
  2. Ezekiel 3:22 tn Or “power.” sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (1:3; 3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).
  3. Ezekiel 3:22 sn Ezekiel had another vision at this location, recounted in Ezek 37.
  4. Ezekiel 3:23 tn Or “canal.”
  5. Ezekiel 3:24 tn See the note on “wind” in 2:2.
  6. Ezekiel 3:24 tn Heb “he.”

21 But if you warn righteous people not to sin and they listen to you and do not sin, they will live, and you will have saved yourself, too.”

22 Then the Lord took hold of me and said, “Get up and go out into the valley, and I will speak to you there.” 23 So I got up and went, and there I saw the glory of the Lord, just as I had seen in my first vision by the Kebar River. And I fell face down on the ground.

24 Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and shut yourself in.

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