Ezekiel 3:26

thy tongue also, will I cause to cleave unto the roof of thy mouth, so shalt thou be dumb and not be to them a reprover,— For a perverse house, they are!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

25And thou—O son of man, lo! they have put upon thee bands, and they will bind thee therewith,-.so that thou go not forth in their midst;

27But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them. Thus saith My Lord Yahweh,—He that is minded to hear, let him hear, And he that is minded to forbear, let him forbear! For a perverse house, they are!

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Cross References

Psalms 51:15O My Lord! my lips, wilt thou open, And, my mouth, shall declare thy praise.

Isaiah 1:2Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken:—Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.

Lamentations 2:9Her gates, have sunk in the earth, He hath destroyed and broken in pieces, her bars,—Her king and her princes, are among the nations, There is no instruction, Even her prophets, have found no vision, from Yahweh.

Ezekiel 2:5And they! whether they will hear or whether they will forbear, for a perverse house, they are, shall then know that, a prophet, hath been in their midst.

Ezekiel 12:3Thou, therefore Son of man, Prepare thee baggage for exile, and exile thyself, by day, before their eyes,—so shalt thou exile thyself out of thy place unto another place before their eyes, peradventure they will consider— though a perverse house, they are.

Hosea 4:17Mated with idols, is Ephraim, let 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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