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 23:22

23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, ³  I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side:

Ezekiel 36:11

36:11 I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. ⁴  I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. ⁵  Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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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 The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁴ sn These verbs occur together in Gen 1:22, 28; 9:1.

⁵ tn Heb “your beginning.”