The situation with the anointed remnant will then correspond to that of Ezekiel, who was told:

“As for you, O son of man, will it not be in the day of my taking away from them their fortress, the beautiful object of their exultation, the thing desirable to their eyes and the longing of their soul, their sons and their daughters, that

By the time the siege of Jerusalem began, Ezekiel had already said enough to his people. There was no need for him to add much more in order to make the divine prophecy sound more convincing. So until the day of the coming of the authentic report of verification Ezekiel was to be mute, that is, speechless as regards further prophesying about the disaster to befall Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Judah. Till the escaped one with the report about Jerusalem’s destruction finally arrived, the Jewish exiles in Babylon could think over what Ezekiel had prophesied to them.