Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.
The hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening - (see note, Ezekiel 33:2). Thus the capture of Jerusalem was known to Ezekiel by revelation, before the messenger came.
And had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning. The force of the "until" х `ad (H5704)] seems to me to be that the Lord had opened Ezekiel's mouth against the time when he that was escaped came in the morning. The English version might be misunderstood as meaning that Ezekiel's mouth was opened from the evening until the escaped came in the morning, and not afterward, which the context following disproves.
My mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb - namely, to my countrymen (as foretold Ezekiel 24:27). He spake the message from God to the people contained in Ezekiel 33:2-20 in the evening before the tidings came.