²² The power of Jehovah came over me. He said: Get up, and go to the plain. I will speak to you there. ²³ I got up and went to the plain. Jehovah's glory was standing there like the glory I saw by the Chebar River. So I immediately bowed down. ²⁴ The Spirit entered me and stood me on my feet. He talked to me. He said: Go shut yourself in your home. ²⁵ People will tie you up with ropes, son of man, so that you cannot go outside. ²⁶ I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk or criticize them, even though they are rebellious people. ²⁷ But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth. You will tell them: 'This is what the Lord Jehovah says.' Some will listen and some will refuse to listen for they are a rebellious people.