26. I will make my tongue . . . dumb—Israel had rejected the prophets; therefore God deprives Israel of the prophets and of His word—God's sorest judgment (1 Samuel 7:2; Amos 8:11; Amos 8:12). read more
6. Ezekiel’s muteness 3:22-27 read more
The Lord would make Ezekiel unable to speak or to rebuke the people because they were rebellious against the Lord. The prophet’s silence would be their punishment; he would not be able to warn them of judgment that the Lord would bring on them. [Note: See Allen A. MacRae, "The Key to Ezekiel’s First Thirty Chapters," Bibliotheca Sacra 122:487 (July 1965):227-33.] Ezekiel could have given them many more warnings than he did.Some of the more radical commentators believed that Ezekiel suffered... read more
The Restoration of the Temple WorshipThis chapter describes God’s return to the Temple (Ezekiel 43:1-12), and His directions as to the construction (Ezekiel 43:13-17), and dedication (Ezekiel 43:18-26) of the altar of burnt offering. When these directions were carried out God’s sacrificial intercourse with Israel would be resumed (Ezekiel 43:27). The outer eastern gateway, by which God’s glory returned, was to be permanently shut (Ezekiel 44:1-8).(a) God’s Return to the Temple (Ezekiel... read more
(26) I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth.—Here, under another figure, this enforced silence is attributed, not to “the rebellious house,” by whom it was immediately brought about, but to God Himself, whose providence was the ultimate cause by which the prophet was placed in such circumstances. It is a way of expressing strongly the difficulties under which he was to exercise his ministry. read more
The Assimilation of Doctrine Ezekiel 3:1 I. The mere swallowing of food is not enough unless it be assimilated and digested; yet it is a necessary condition of digestion. So with our beliefs; we swallow them wholesale by an act of extrinsic faith based on the word of others; and such faith is like the prop that supports a plant till it strikes root downwards and becomes self-supporting. They are not ours fully save in the measure that we have worked them into the fabric of our life and... read more
EZEKIEL’S PROPHETIC COMMISSIONEzekiel 2:1-10; Ezekiel 3:1-27THE call of a prophet and the vision of God which sometimes accompanied it are the two sides of one complex experience. The man who has truly seen God necessarily has a message to men. Not only are his spiritual perceptions quickened and all the powers of his being stirred to the highest activity, but there is laid on his conscience the burden of a sacred duty and a lifelong vocation to the service of God and man. The true prophet... read more
CHAPTERS 3:15-7:27 The Judgment Announced, the Four Signs and Their Meaning, and the Two Messages This section extends from chapter 3:15 to the close of the seventh chapter. The prophet is told of his great responsibility as watchman, and has to enact four signs. Two solemn messages close this section. The first message first predicts that the sword is to come upon the land and disperse them; the second message predicts the end. 1. The new charge and Ezekiel’s new experience (Ezekiel 3:15-27 ... read more
3:26 And I will make thy tongue {q} 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.(q) Which declares the terrible plague of the Lord, when God stops the mouths of his ministers and that all such are the rods of his vengeance that do it. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 3:26
a reprover = a man of reproof. Compare Ezekiel 24:27 ; Ezekiel 29:21 ; Ezekiel 33:22 . heareth = is minded to hear. let him. = will. forbeareth = is minded to forbear. read more