Ezekiel 3:26

and I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be mute, and shall not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

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In The King James Version

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

In Context

25But you, son of man, behold, they shall lay bands on you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:

27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God': He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.

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Cross References

Psalms 51:15Lord, open my lips.My mouth shall declare your praise.

Isaiah 1:2Hear, heavens,and listen, earth; for the Lord has spoken:I have nourished and brought up children,and they have rebelled against me.

Lamentations 2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars.Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, andher prophets find no vision from the Lord.YOD

Ezekiel 2:5They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.

Ezekiel 12:3Therefore, you son of man, prepare your stuff for moving, and move by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols.Leave him alone!

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:23-27

The People's Contumacy Predicted. ( b. c. 595.) 22 And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. 25 But thou, O son of man, behold,… Read the whole commentary →

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