25 “And as for you, son of man, on the day that I take away from them their fortress—the beautiful object of their joy, the thing dear to them, their heart’s* desire—along with their sons and daughters,+ 26 it will be reported to you by one who has escaped.+ 27 In that day you will open your mouth and speak to the one who escaped, and you will no longer be mute.+ You will become a sign to them, and they will have to know that I am Jehovah.”