Ezekiel 3:11

3:11 Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, ¹  and speak to them – say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

Ezekiel 3:15

3:15 I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, ²  who lived by the Kebar River. ³  I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. ⁴ 

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “to the sons of your people.”

[3:15]  ² sn The name “Tel Abib” is a transliteration of an Akkadian term meaning “mound of the flood,” i.e., an ancient mound. It is not to be confused with the modern city of Tel Aviv in Israel.

[3:15]  ³ tn Or “canal.”

[3:15]  ⁴ sn A similar response to a divine encounter is found in Acts 9:8-9.