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.
વળી, તેમણે તેઓને ધમકી પણ આપી કેમ કે તેઓ યરૂશાલેમનો નાશ જોઈને ખૂબ ખુશ થયા હતા.