Earlier in Ezekiel’s career as a prophet and watchman, Jehovah had told him: “Your very tongue I will make stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will certainly become mute, and you will not become to them a man administering reproof, because they are a rebellious house. And when I speak with you I shall open your mouth. ”
जब यहेजकेल ने, भविष्यवक्‍ता और पहरुए के तौर पर अपना काम शुरू किया था, तब यहोवा ने उससे कहा था: “मैं तेरी जीभ तेरे तालू से लगाऊंगा; जिस से तू मौन रहकर उनका डांटनेवाला न हो, क्योंकि वे बलवई घराने के हैं ।