en_tn_lite_do_not_use/ezk/33/32.md

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Yahweh continues speaking to Ezekiel about the people of Israel.

you are like a lovely song to them

Here "you" refers to Ezekiel, and here he represents the message he speaks. This compares Ezekiel's message to a lovely song, which means the people enjoy listening to him, but they do not think his message is important enough to obey. Alternate translation: "they think that your words are like a lovely song" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

a lovely song

Possible meanings are 1) "a beautiful song" or 2) "a love song" or "a song about love."

that is well played on a stringed instrument

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that someone plays very well on a stringed instrument" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)

stringed instrument

something that has strings and people use to make music