26 And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, so that (A)you shall be mute and unable to reprove them, (B)for they are a rebellious house.

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26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(A) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(B)

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27 On that day your mouth (A)will be opened to the fugitive, and you shall speak and be no longer mute. (B)So you will be a sign to them, and (C)they will know that I am the Lord.”

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27 At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent.(A) So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.(B)

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Let my (A)tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
    if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem
    above my highest joy!

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May my tongue cling to the roof(A) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(B) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(C)
    my highest joy.

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15 O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.

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15 Open my lips, Lord,(A)
    and my mouth will declare your praise.

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20 And behold, (A)you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” 21 And the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they were wondering at his delay in (B)the temple. 22 And when he came out, he was unable to speak to them, and they realized that he had seen a vision in (C)the temple. And (D)he kept making signs to them and remained mute.

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20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak(A) until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”

21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 22 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs(B) to them but remained unable to speak.

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Therefore (A)it shall be night to you, without vision,
    and darkness to you, without divination.
(B)The sun shall go down on the prophets,
    and the day shall be black over them;
(C)the seers shall be disgraced,
    and the diviners put to shame;
(D)they shall all cover their lips,
    for (E)there is no answer from God.

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Therefore night will come over you, without visions,
    and darkness, without divination.(A)
The sun will set for the prophets,(B)
    and the day will go dark for them.(C)
The seers will be ashamed(D)
    and the diviners disgraced.(E)
They will all cover(F) their faces(G)
    because there is no answer from God.(H)

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11 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God,
    “when (A)I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
    (B)but of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 (C)They shall wander from sea to sea,
    and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,
    (D)but they shall not find it.

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11 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Sovereign Lord,
    “when I will send a famine through the land—
not a famine of food or a thirst for water,
    but a famine(B) of hearing the words of the Lord.(C)
12 People will stagger from sea to sea
    and wander from north to east,
searching for the word of the Lord,
    but they will not find it.(D)

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10 (A)They hate him who reproves (B)in the gate,
    and they (C)abhor him who speaks the truth.

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10 There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court(A)
    and detest the one who tells the truth.(B)

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17 (A)Ephraim is joined to idols;
    (B)leave him alone.

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17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
    leave him alone!

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And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to the people of Israel, to (A)nations of rebels, who have rebelled against me. (B)They and their fathers have transgressed against me to this very day. The descendants also are (C)impudent and stubborn: I send you to them, and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ And (D)whether they hear or refuse to hear (for they are (E)a rebellious house) (F)they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, (G)be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, (H)though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on (I)scorpions.[a] Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. And you shall speak my words to them, (J)whether they hear or refuse to hear, for they are a rebellious house.

“But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. (K)Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and (L)eat what I give you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 2:6 Or on scorpion plants

He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.(A) The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.(B) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’(C) And whether they listen or fail to listen(D)—for they are a rebellious people(E)—they will know that a prophet has been among them.(F) And you, son of man, do not be afraid(G) of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns(H) are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.(I) You must speak(J) my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.(K) But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel(L) like that rebellious people;(M) open your mouth and eat(N) what I give you.”

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Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    (A)he has ruined (B)and broken her bars;
(C)her king and princes are among the nations;
    the law is no more,
and (D)her prophets find
    no vision from the Lord.

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Her gates(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(C) among the nations,
    the law(D) is no more,
and her prophets(E) no longer find
    visions(F) from the Lord.

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17 But you, (A)dress yourself for work;[a] arise, and (B)say to them everything that I command you. (C)Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

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  1. Jeremiah 1:17 Hebrew gird up your loins

17 “Get yourself ready! Stand up and say(A) to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified(B) by them, or I will terrify you before them.

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The Wickedness of Judah

(A)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (B)earth;
    for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[a] (C)have I reared and brought up,
    but they have rebelled against me.

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  1. Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4

A Rebellious Nation

Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth!(A)
    For the Lord has spoken:(B)
“I reared children(C) and brought them up,
    but they have rebelled(D) against me.

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