King James Version
Ezekiel 3:25 in the King James Version says “But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:”
Ezekiel 3:25 · KJV
Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face.
Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover : for they are a rebellious house. a reprover: Heb. a man reproving
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But thou O son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“behold they shall put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“upon thee and shall bind”
H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thee with them and thou shalt not go out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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