“And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.”
Divine rendering of tongue clinging to roof establishes most severe constraint—prophet struck dumb, unable to speak aloud. Muteness not punishment but judgment consequence of people's rebellion; YHWH removes prophetic voice that might warn them, intensifying judgment. Dumbness becomes sign-act embodying judgment prophet would speak.
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