"Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he c…" — Ezekiel 33:22

Ezekiel 33:22 · KJV

“Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.”

— Ezekiel 33:22

Verse 21

And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth {month}, in the fifth {day} of the month, {that} one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

Verse 23

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 33 — Context

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we {are} many; the land is given us for inheritance.

Cross References

Ezekiel 1:3

The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. {Ezekiel: Heb. Jehezkel}

Ezekiel 24:26-27

{That} he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause {thee} to hear {it} with {thine} ears?

Ezekiel 3:26-27

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they {are} a rebellious house. {a reprover: Heb. a man reproving}

Ezekiel 37:1

The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which {was} full of bones,

Ezekiel 3:22

And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee.

Luke 1:64

And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue {loosed}, and he spake, and praised God.

Ezekiel 40:1

In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth {day} of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither.