Ezekiel 3:26-27 And I will make your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover… After so many years of uninterrupted activity, to be imprisoned, to be silenced, and almost incapable of writing or reading, is mere wearisome than even the pain that often accompanies it; and yet, hence the following instruction may be gathered: — 1. How much activity belongs to some natures, and that this nature is often mistaken for grace. 2. How much we are called to suffer, as well as to do, the will of God. When I have bid one of my children to sit down quietly, and remain silent during my pleasure, I enjoin him a more difficult task than the most active service; and yet I expected it to be done, because I ordered it. How is it that I have not yet learned to sit still, when I am told? (R. Cecil.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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