"Moreover, I will make your tonguestickto the roofof your mouthso that you will be muteand cannotbe a manwho rebukesthem, for they are a rebellioushouse.
May my tongueclingto the roofof my mouthIfI do not rememberyou, IfI do not exaltJerusalemAbovemy chiefjoy.
O Lord,openmy lips,That my mouthmay declareYour praise.
Listen,O heavens,and hear,O earth;For the LORDspeaks,"SonsI have rearedand broughtup, But they have revoltedagainst Me.
"Now, girdup your loinsand arise,and speakto them allwhichI commandyou. Do not be dismayedbeforethem, orI will dismayyou beforethem.
Her gateshave sunkinto the ground,He has destroyedand brokenher bars.Her kingand her princesare among the nations;The lawis nomore.Also,her prophetsfindNovisionfrom the LORD.
"Sonof man,you livein the midstof the rebellioushouse,whohave eyesto seebut do not see,earsto hearbut do not hear;for they are a rebellioushouse.
"Therefore, sonof man,preparefor yourself baggagefor exileand gointo exileby dayin their sight;even gointo exilefrom your placeto anotherplacein their sight.Perhapsthey will understandthoughthey are a rebellioushouse.
On that dayyour mouthwill be openedto him whoescaped,and you will speakand be mutenolonger.Thus you will be a signto them, and they will knowthat I am the LORD.'"
Now the handof the LORDhad beenupon me in the evening,beforethe refugeescame.And He openedmy mouthat the time[they] cameto me in the morning;so my mouthwas openedand I was nolongerspeechless.
When he had spokento me according to thesewords,I turnedmy facetoward the groundand becamespeechless.
Ephraimis joinedto idols;Lethim alone.
Yetlet noonefindfault,and let noneofferreproof;For your peopleare like those who contendwith the priest.
They hatehim who reprovesin the gate,And they abhorhim who speaks[with] integrity.
