Ezekiel 24:25-27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Also thou son of man, shall it not be, &c. This question is to be resolved affirmatively; it shall be: in the day when I take from them their strength Their walls, fortifications, and defences, with all that is dear and valuable to them; the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes Their kingdom, city, and temple, the emblem of my special presence among them, and protection over them, whose beauty and magnificence were their peculiar glory, and the most grateful object of their sight; together with their sons and daughters, whereon they placed their affections; he that escapeth in that day Namely, when the city shall be taken, and both it and the temple burned; shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it, &c. To acquaint thee, that what thou didst prophesy is come to pass. See the fulfilling of this recorded Ezekiel 33:21-22. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him that is escaped This implied, that the prophet was to prophesy no more about the affairs of Jerusalem and Judah till after the destruction of the city and temple; when the fulfilling of this part of his predictions, so contrary to the expectations of those who despised his prophecies, would give him more credit with them, and make them pay a higher regard to what other things he should prophesy of. According to this we find, that the spirit of prophecy, in regard to the affairs of Judea, did not come on him again till the news of the taking of Jerusalem was brought to him. See Ezekiel 3:21-23.