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24 but the spirit entered into me, set me on my feet; he spoke to me, and said: Go, shut yourself in your house. 25 As for you, son of man, know that they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.(A) 26 And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute,[a] no longer one who rebukes them for being a rebellious house.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:26–27 Mute: here the prophet’s inability to speak to the people in exile while Jerusalem was being besieged is seen as a consequence of God’s direct intervention (cf. 24:27).

24 Then the Spirit came into me and raised me(A) to my feet. He spoke to me and said: “Go, shut yourself inside your house.(B) 25 And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.(C) 26 I will make your tongue stick to the roof(D) of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people.(E)

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