“But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.”
General muteness interrupted by periodic openings when YHWH enables speech of specific prophetic messages; silence punctuated by divinely-authorized utterances. Pattern characteristic of Ezekiel's ministry: divine muteness paradoxically authenticates words permitted to speak.
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