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.
(‏ حزقيال ،‏ الاصحاحات ٢٥ الى ٣٢‏ )‏ وفي السنوات الباكرة من خدمته كنبي ورقيب ،‏ أخبره يهوه :‏ « أُلصق لسانك بحنكك فتبكم ولا تكون لهم رجلا موبِّخا لأنهم بيت متمرد .‏