Ezekiel 3:25
Good News Translation
You will be tied with ropes, mortal man, and you will not be able to go out in public.

New Revised Standard Version
As for you, mortal, cords shall be placed on you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people;

Contemporary English Version
You will be tied up to keep you inside,

New American Bible
As for you, son of man, know that they will put ropes on you and bind you with them, so that you cannot go out among them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.

Ezekiel 4:8 Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Mark 3:21 And when his friends had heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

John 21:18 Amen, amen, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.

Acts 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

Acts 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesseth to me, saying: That bands and afflictions wait for me at Jerusalem.

Acts 21:11-13 Who, when he was come to us, took Paul's girdle: and binding his own feet and hands, he said: Thus saith the Holy Ghost: The man whose girdle this is, the Jews shall bind in this manner in Jerusalem and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. . . .

Context
A Watchman for Israel
24And the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet: and he spoke to me, and said to me: Go in; and shut thyself up in the midst of thy house. 25And thou, O son of man, behold they shall put bands upon thee, and they shall bind thee with them: and thou shalt not go forth from the midst of them.26And I will make thy tongue stick fast to the roof of thy mouth, and thou shalt be dumb, and not as a man that reproveth: because they are a provoking house.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because thou hast filled me with threats.

Ezekiel 4:8
Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Ezekiel 3:24
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