23 You will keep your turbans(A) on your heads and your sandals(B) on your feet. You will not mourn(C) or weep but will waste away(D) because of[a] your sins and groan among yourselves.(E) 24 Ezekiel(F) will be a sign(G) to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’

25 “And you, son of man, on the day I take away their stronghold, their joy and glory, the delight of their eyes,(H) their heart’s desire,(I) and their sons and daughters(J) as well— 26 on that day a fugitive will come to tell you(K) the news. 27 At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent.(L) So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.(M)

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Footnotes

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23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

26 That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears?

27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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