Ezekiel 3:22-27

New International Reader's Version

²² The power of the Lord was on me. He said, “Get up. Go out to the plain. I will speak to you there.” ²³ So I got up and went out to the plain. The glory of the Lord was standing there. It was just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River. So I fell with my face toward the ground.

²⁴ Then the Spirit of the Lord came into me. He raised me to my feet. He said to me, “Go, son of man. Shut yourself inside your house. ²⁵ Some people will tie you up with ropes. So you will not be able to go out among your people. ²⁶ I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth. Then you will be silent. You will not be able to correct them. That’s because they always refuse to obey me. ²⁷ But later I will speak to you. I will open your mouth. Then you will tell them, ‘Here is what the Lord and King says.’ Those who listen will listen. And those who refuse to listen will refuse. They always refuse to obey me.