“And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”
And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time — the silencing of Zechariah is simultaneously a sign (the mute priest will be a visible token of the announcement to the congregation) and a consequence of his unbelief (he asked for a sign; the sign is given as a discipline). At their proper time (kairō autou) communicates the divine timing that governs the fulfillment — the proper moment, not the moment Zechariah would have chosen.
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