25 And as for you, son of man, they will (A)put ropes [a]around you and bind you with them so that you do not go out among them. 26 Moreover, (B)I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be unable to speak and will not be a man who reprimands them, since they are a rebellious house. 27 But (C)when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord [b]God says:’ The one who hears, let him hear; and the one who refuses, let him refuse; (D)for they are a rebellious house.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 3:25 Lit on
  2. Ezekiel 3:27 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

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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