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Ezekiel 24:27
At that time your mouth will be opened; you will speak with him and will no longer be silent. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the Lord.” (niv)
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Psalms 137:6
May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy. (niv)
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Psalms 51:15
Open my lips, Lord, and my mouth will declare your praise. (niv)
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Ezekiel 2:3-8
He said:“ Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day.The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them,‘ This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’And whether they listen or fail to listen— for they are a rebellious people— they will know that a prophet has been among them.And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious.But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.” (niv)
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Amos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth. (niv)
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Micah 3:6-7
Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.” (niv)
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Isaiah 1:2
Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the Lord has spoken:“ I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. (niv)
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Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! (niv)
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Jeremiah 1:17
“ Get yourself ready! Stand up and say to them whatever I command you. Do not be terrified by them, or I will terrify you before them. (niv)
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Lamentations 2:9
Her gates have sunk into the ground; their bars he has broken and destroyed. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the Lord. (niv)
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Luke 1:20-22
And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak. (niv)
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Psalms 36:11-12
May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.See how the evildoers lie fallen— thrown down, not able to rise! (niv)
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Amos 8:11-12
“ The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord,“ when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it. (niv)