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)”

²² Now the evening before the man arrived, the hand of the Lord was on me,^(A) and he opened my mouth^(B) before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer silent.^(C)

²¹ “On that day I will make a horn^[a](A) grow for the Israelites, and I will open your mouth^(B) among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord.^(C)”

¹⁹ Pray also for me,^(A) that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly^(B) make known the mystery^(C) of the gospel,

¹⁵ For I will give you^(A) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

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) 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.’^(C) Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.^(D)

¹¹ “Go, tell^(A) Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his country.”^(B)

¹² But Moses said to the Lord, “If the Israelites will not listen^(C) to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips^[a]?”^(D)