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25 Now pay attention! They’re going to bind you with ropes, tying you up right in their midst, so you won’t be able to circulate freely among them. 26 Meanwhile, I’ll make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you’ll be mute and unable to reprove them, since they’re a rebellious group.[a] 27 But when I speak with you, I’ll open your mouth so you can say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

“As for those who will listen,
    ‘Let them listen,’
but as for those who refuse,
    ‘Let them refuse,’
        since they’re a rebellious group.”’”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:26 Lit. house
  2. Ezekiel 3:27 Lit. house

25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.(A) 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(B) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(C) 27 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(D) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.(E)

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