and I told the exiles everything that the LORD had shown me.

That same day you will get back the power of speech which you had lost, and you will talk with them. In this way you will be a sign to the people, and they will know that I am the LORD."

"When that happens, I will make the people of Israel strong and let you, Ezekiel, speak out where everyone can hear you, so that they will know that I am the LORD."

To them you are nothing more than an entertainer singing love songs or playing a harp. They listen to all your words and don't obey a single one of them.

The LORD said to him, "Who gives man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or dumb? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? It is I, the LORD.

Now, go! I will help you to speak, and I will tell you what to say."

because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.

And pray also for me, that God will give me a message when I am ready to speak, so that I may speak boldly and make known the gospel's secret.

Then go to the people of your nation who are in exile and tell them what I, the Sovereign LORD, am saying to them, whether they pay attention to you or not."

Whether those rebels listen to you or not, they will know that a prophet has been among them.

Listen, then, if you have ears!

And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"

And he said to me, "Do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen.

Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good, and whoever is holy must go on being holy."

I will make you as firm as a rock, as hard as a diamond; don't be afraid of those rebels."

I will paralyze your tongue so that you won't be able to warn these rebellious people.

"Mortal man," he said, "you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they see nothing; they have ears, but they hear nothing, because they are rebellious.

"Now, mortal man, pack a bundle just as a refugee would and start out before nightfall. Let everyone see you leaving and going to another place. Maybe those rebels will notice you.