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.
I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb. Israel had rejected the prophets, therefore God deprives Israel of the prophets and of His word-God's sorest judgment (1 Samuel 7:2; Amos 8:11-12).