# take them into your heart and hear them with your ears

Here "heart" represents a person's mind. AT: "remember them and listen carefully" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Then go to the captives

The word "captives" refers to the people of Israel who were living in Babylon.

# your people

"your people group." Ezekiel had lived in Judah before the Babylonians took him to Babylon.

# Lord Yahweh

See how you translated this in [Ezekiel 2:4](../02/04.md).