Ezequiel 3:25

25 A ti, hijo de hombre, te atarán con sogas para que no puedas salir ni andar entre el pueblo.

Ezequiel 3:25 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 3:25

But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon
thee
Or, "bands shall be put upon thee"; either visionally, or really; not by angels, but by the Jews, who, taking the prophet for a madman by his motions and gestures; would bind him, and keep him within doors: or figuratively this may be understood of the sins of the people, their rebellion and obstinacy, which hindered the prophet from prophesying among them as yet; and so this is observed to conciliate his mind to the divine order, to shut up himself for a while in his own house, and be silent: or else by these bonds may be meant the divine order itself, which restrained him from doing his office as yet. So the Targum,

``behold, I have appointed the words of my mouth upon thee, as a band of ropes with which they bind;''

and shall bind thee with them;
which some think is emblematical of the Jews being bound by the Chaldeans: and thou shall not go out among them;
to converse with them, or prophesy unto them. The Septuagint version renders it, "shall not go out from the midst of them"; as if he should be taken out of his own house by the Jews, and be bound by them, and kept among them, and not able to get away from them; but it is to be understood of his being bound in his own house, and not able to go out of that to them; and may signify, that in like manner the Jews should not be able to go out of Jerusalem when besieged by the Chaldeans.

Ezequiel 3:25 In-Context

23 Yo me levanté y salí al campo. Allí vi la gloria del SEÑOR, tal como la había visto a orillas del río Quebar, y caí rostro en tierra.

24 Entonces el Espíritu de Dios entró en mí, hizo que me pusiera de pie, y me dijo: «Ve y enciérrate en tu casa.

25 A ti, hijo de hombre, te atarán con sogas para que no puedas salir ni andar entre el pueblo.

26 Yo haré que se te pegue la lengua al paladar, y así te quedarás mudo y no podrás reprenderlos, por más que sean un pueblo rebelde.

27 Pero cuando yo te hable, te soltaré la lengua y les advertirás: “Así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente”. El que quiera oír, que oiga; y el que no quiera, que no oiga, porque son un pueblo rebelde.