Ezekiel 3:26

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 24:27 : 27 On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
  • Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.
  • Amos 8:11-12 : 11 Be certain of this, the time is coming,” says the Sovereign LORD,“when I will send a famine through the land– not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation! 12 People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a message from the LORD, but they will not find any.
  • Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. 7 The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”
  • Luke 1:20-22 : 20 And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.” 21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place. 22 When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.
  • Ps 36:11-12 : 11 Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless! 12 I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up!
  • Ps 51:15 : 15 O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you.
  • Ps 137:6 : 6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Obedience, not Sacrifice Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the LORD speaks:“I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
  • Jer 1:17 : 17 “But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.
  • Lam 2:9 : 9 ט(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the LORD.
  • Ezek 2:3-8 : 3 He said to me,“Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day. 4 The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ 5 And as for them, whether they listen or not– for they are a rebellious house– they will know that a prophet has been among them. 6 But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words– even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions– do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house! 7 You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. 8 As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

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  • Ezek 3:27
    87%

    27But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue and you must say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 3:25
    81%

    25As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them.

  • Ezek 2:3-8
    6 verses
    79%

    3He said to me,“Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day.

    4The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says.’

    5And as for them, whether they listen or not– for they are a rebellious house– they will know that a prophet has been among them.

    6But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words– even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions– do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!

    7You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

    8As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you.”

  • Ezek 24:26-27
    2 verses
    75%

    26On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

    27On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”

  • Ezek 3:4-11
    8 verses
    75%

    4He said to me,“Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

    5For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel–

    6not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand– surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you!

    7But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

    8“I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads.

    9I have made your forehead harder than flint– like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house.”

    10And he said to me,“Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

    11Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them– say to them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ whether they pay attention or not.”

  • Ezek 12:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2“Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

    3“Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.

  • Job 29:10
    73%

    10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • Isa 28:11
    73%

    11For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.

  • Ezek 3:17
    72%

    17“Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me.

  • Jer 5:14
    72%

    14Because of that, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, said to me,“Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up.”

  • Ezek 33:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22Now the hand of the LORD had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the LORD opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak.

    23The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Jer 7:27
    72%

    27Then the LORD said to me,“When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you.

  • Ezek 12:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25For I, the LORD, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

    26The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 33:30
    71%

    30“But as for you, son of man, your people(who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another,‘Come hear the word that comes from the LORD.’

  • Ezek 33:7
    71%

    7“As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf.

  • Ezek 36:16
    71%

    16The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 16:63
    71%

    63Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent because of your disgrace when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”

  • Isa 33:19
    70%

    19You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand.

  • Isa 1:20
    70%

    20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.

  • Dan 10:15
    70%

    15While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak.

  • Ezek 36:3
    70%

    3So prophesy and say:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people,

  • Jer 6:10
    70%

    10I answered,“Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, the LORD’s message is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

  • Ezek 24:22
    70%

    22Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others.

  • Ezek 12:9
    70%

    9“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you,‘What are you doing?’

  • Ezek 24:16
    70%

    16“Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.

  • Mic 2:6
    70%

    6‘Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,’ they say excitedly.‘These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.’

  • Ezek 5:14
    70%

    14“I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Jer 11:3
    69%

    3Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.

  • Ezek 20:27
    69%

    27“Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

  • Ps 38:13
    69%

    13But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    69%

    21It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 19:28
    69%

    28Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came.”

  • Luke 1:20
    69%

    20And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place.”