You, son of man, behold, ropes will be put on you. You will be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people.
I never sat in the company of revelers nor made merry. Because of Your hand I sat alone, for You filled me with indignation.
“Behold, I will put ropes upon you. You will not be able to turn from side to side until you have completed the days of your siege.
When His family heard about this, they went out to take hold of Him; for they were saying, “He’s out of His mind!”
“Amen, amen I tell you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.”
except that the Ruach ha-Kodesh bears witness to me from city to city, saying that bondage and afflictions await me.
For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”