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Ezekiel 3:25-27

EZEKIEL—NOTE ON Ezekiel 3:25 Ezekiel has already eaten the message (vv. Ezekiel 3:1) and absorbed God’s perspective on the people’s sin (v. Ezekiel 3:14). Now his identification with the prophetic message is pushed even further. His actions and words must come under God’s direct control. Ezekiel will be mute until Jerusalem’s fall (see Ezekiel 33:22). So, how will he warn the people if he cannot speak? The solution: the Lord will enable him to speak the words of prophecy (I will open your mouth). The concluding words echo the divine commission in Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:7.

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