Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 14:39
While Ezekiel 3:26 involves God making Ezekiel's tongue stick to the roof of his mouth, preventing him from speaking, 1 Corinthians 14:39 encourages believers to covet to prophesy and not forbid speaking in tongues, promoting speech and expression of divine messages.
1 Corinthians 14:39: Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
Contradiction with Matthew 28:19-20
Ezekiel 3:26 involves being rendered mute, but Matthew 28:19-20 instructs believers to go forth, teach, and baptize all nations, emphasizing the use of speech for spreading the gospel.
Matthew 28:19-20: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: [teach...: or, make disciples, or, Christians of all nations]
Contradiction with Acts 4:20
Ezekiel 3:26 depicts a restriction on speaking, whereas Acts 4:20 conveys the apostles' inability to stop speaking about what they have seen and heard, highlighting a compulsion to speak.
Acts 4:20: For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 1:7
While Ezekiel 3:26 describes being silenced, Jeremiah 1:7 involves God commanding Jeremiah to speak to whom He sends him and say whatever He commands him.
Jeremiah 1:7: But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Contradiction with 2 Timothy 4:2
Ezekiel 3:26 involves a cessation of speech, yet 2 Timothy 4:2 urges believers to preach the word, be instant in season and out of season, and reprove, rebuke, exhort with patience and doctrine.
2 Timothy 4:2: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Contradiction with Psalm 19:14
In Ezekiel 3:26, Ezekiel's speech is limited; meanwhile, in Psalm 19:14, the psalmist desires that the words of their mouth be pleasing to the Lord, implying the expression of speech as an act of devotion.
Psalm 19:14: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. [strength: Heb. rock]