Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 3:26

26 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.

Either by forbidding thee to speak, I will make thee as dumb, as if thy Tongue did cleave to the roof of thy mouth.

Or, possibly God did suspend his influence, and leave the Prophet dumb as one who could not move his Tongue, the use whereof is taken away.

A man to reprove (as Heb.) shalt tell them as little of their faults, and danger as a dumb man can do. God hereby giving the Prophet some respite, signifying the future state of the Jews would be such they should no more dare to mutter or whisper, and punishing the refractory deafness of the Jews with taking away their reprover, &c.

Verse 5.7. of 2. chap. See.

Marginal references: Chap. 24.27.; Heb. a man [illegible: 2 letters]proving.