What Does Ezekiel 24:27 Mean?

“In that day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“be opened”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

“shall thy mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“to him which is escaped”

a refugee

“and thou shalt speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and be no more dumb”

to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and thou shalt be a sign”

a miracle; by implication, a token or omen

“unto them and they shall know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

i

“that I am the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god