Ezequiel 33:22

22 Ora a mão do Senhor estivera sobre mim pela tarde, antes que viesse o que tinha escapado; e ele abrirá a minha boca antes que esse homem viesse ter comigo pela manhã; assim se abriu a minha boca, e não fiquei mais em silêncio.

Ezequiel 33:22 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 33:22

Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he
that was escaped came
The prophet felt a divine impulse on his mind; he was under the influence of a spirit of prophecy, and knew before the messenger came to him what his message was, and was prepared to receive it, and to prophesy upon it; for this is to be understood of prophecy, as the Targum,

``prophecy from before the Lord was with me in the evening ^F11;''

see ( Isaiah 8:11 ) : and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning;
the hand of the Lord, or the power of the Lord, had done it, as he promised he would, ( Ezekiel 3:27 ) so that he spoke freely and boldly, and continued to do so from the evening, to the time the messenger came to him in the morning, to all those that were with him: and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb:
as he had been for three years past; for though he had been prophesying against several nations, yet these prophecies were not delivered, it is very likely, by word of mouth, but by writing, and sent into those countries by proper messengers; but now the prophet's mouth is opened by the Spirit of God, as it was said it should, when this messenger should come to him, ( Ezekiel 24:27 ) and from this time he was not silent, but prophesied to his people, the Jews, verbally, as he was bid to do by the Lord.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 So R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 54. 2.

Ezequiel 33:22 In-Context

20 Todavia, vós dizeis: Não é reto o caminho do Senhor. Julgar-vos-ei a cada um conforme os seus caminhos, ó casa de Israel.

21 No ano duodécimo do nosso cativeiro, no décimo mês, aos cinco dias do mês, veio a mim um que tinha escapado de Jerusalém, dizendo: Caída está a cidade.

22 Ora a mão do Senhor estivera sobre mim pela tarde, antes que viesse o que tinha escapado; e ele abrirá a minha boca antes que esse homem viesse ter comigo pela manhã; assim se abriu a minha boca, e não fiquei mais em silêncio.

23 Então veio a mim a palavra do Senhor, dizendo:

24 Filho do homem, os moradores destes lugares desertos da terra de Israel costumam dizer: Abraão era um só, contudo possuiu a terra; mas nós somos muitos; certamente nos é dada a terra por herança.