Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
Parallel translations
- WEB His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
- KJV And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
- NKJV Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, praising God.
- NASB And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue freed, and he began speaking in praise of God.
- NLT Instantly Zechariah could speak again, and he began praising God.
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Quick answer
Immediately Zacharias could speak again, and he praised God. His obedience is met with restoration.
Overview
The moment Zacharias affirms the name, his speech returns and he blesses God. The discipline ends as the promise is fulfilled, as the angel foretold. His first words are praise, modeling the response of one restored by grace.
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 1:20And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
- Exod 4:15–16You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- Ezek 33:22Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
- Jer 1:9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- Ps 51:15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- Dan 4:34–37But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Mark 7:32–37Some people brought to Him a man who was deaf and hardly able to speak, and they begged Jesus to place His hand on him.
- Ezek 3:27But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.
- Ps 118:18–19The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
- Ps 30:7–12O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- Ezek 29:21In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth to speak among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
- Matt 9:33And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- Isa 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
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