11 Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”
12 The Spirit then lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me — praise the glory of the Lord in His place! —
13 with the sound of the living creatures’ wings brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a great rumbling sound.
14 So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.
15 I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who were living by the Chebar Canal, and I sat there among them stunned for seven days.
16 Now at the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:
17 “Son of man, I have made you a watchman over the house of Israel. When you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.