¹⁷ Now, ^(A)gird up your loins and arise and speak to them all which I command you. ^(B)Do not be dismayed before them, lest I dismay you before them.

² “Thus says Yahweh, ‘^(A)Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have ^(B)come to worship in the house of Yahweh ^(C)all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. ^(D)Do not take away a word!

⁷ But you shall ^(A)speak My words to them ^(B)whether they listen or whether they refuse, for they are rebellious.

⁸ “Now as for you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and ^(C)eat what I am giving you.”

²⁰ “Go, stand and ^[a]speak to the people in the temple ^[b](A)the whole message of this Life.”