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.
18 If I say to the wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him — you don’t speak out to warn him about his wicked way in order to save his life — that wicked person will die for his iniquity. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.