Verse 26
The Lord would make Ezekiel unable to speak or to rebuke the people because they were rebellious against the Lord. The prophet’s silence would be their punishment; he would not be able to warn them of judgment that the Lord would bring on them. [Note: See Allen A. MacRae, "The Key to Ezekiel’s First Thirty Chapters," Bibliotheca Sacra 122:487 (July 1965):227-33.] Ezekiel could have given them many more warnings than he did.
Some of the more radical commentators believed that Ezekiel suffered from catalepsy or some other serious nervous disorder, but the text does not require this. Catalepsy is a condition in which consciousness and feeling are suddenly and temporarily lost, and the muscles become rigid. It may occur in epilepsy, schizophrenia, and some other diseases. The prophet’s unusual experiences were the result of spiritual factors, not because he was psychologically unbalanced.
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