Ezekiel 33:22

33:22 Now the hand of the Lord had been on me ¹  the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord ²  opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived ³  in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. ⁴ 

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¹ tn The other occurrences of the phrase “the hand of the Lord” in Ezekiel are in the context of prophetic visions.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “by the time of the arrival to me.” For clarity the translation specifies the refugee as the one who arrived.

⁴ sn Ezekiel’s God-imposed muteness was lifted (see 3:26).