Ezekiel 3:27
3:27 But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue 1 and you must say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says.’ Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, 2 for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel 12:28
12:28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
Ezekiel 20:27
20:27 “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.
Ezekiel 24:27
24:27 On that day you will be able to speak again; 3 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.”
Ezekiel 32:21
32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’
Ezekiel 33:2
33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people, 4 and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
1 tn Heb “open your mouth.”
2 tn Heb “the listener will listen, the refuser will refuse.” Because the word for listening can also mean obeying, the nuance may be that the obedient will listen, or that the one who listens will obey. Also, although the verbs are not jussive as pointed in the MT, some translate them with a volitive sense: “the one who listens – let that one listen, the one who refuses – let that one refuse.”
3 tn Heb “your mouth will open.”
4 tn Heb “sons of your people.”