Ezequiel 33:22

22 La noche antes de que llegara el fugitivo, la mano del SEÑOR vino sobre mí y me dejó mudo. A la mañana siguiente, cuando vino el hombre, el SEÑOR me devolvió el habla.

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 A pesar de esto, ustedes siguen repitiendo: “El SEÑOR no actúa con justicia”. Pero yo, israelitas, los juzgaré a cada uno de ustedes según su conducta».

21 El día quinto del mes décimo del año duodécimo de nuestro exilio, un fugitivo que había huido de Jerusalén vino y me dio esta noticia: «La ciudad ha sido conquistada».

22 La noche antes de que llegara el fugitivo, la mano del SEÑOR vino sobre mí y me dejó mudo. A la mañana siguiente, cuando vino el hombre, el SEÑOR me devolvió el habla.

23 Luego el SEÑOR me dirigió la palabra:

24 «Hijo de hombre, la gente que vive en esas ruinas en la tierra de Israel, anda diciendo: “Si Abraham, que era uno solo, llegó a poseer todo el país, con mayor razón nosotros, que somos muchos, habremos de recibir la tierra en posesión”.