Deafness and muteness imagery uses stopped ears, closed mouths, opened ears, or loosed tongues to picture affliction, resistance, judgment, prophetic restraint, healing, obedience, or praise.
Deafness and muteness imagery uses stopped ears, closed mouths, opened ears, or loosed tongues to picture affliction, resistance, judgment, prophetic restraint, healing, obedience, or praise.
A sensory-and-speech motif in which deafness, stopped ears, muteness, tongue-loosing, opened mouth, or unstopped hearing signifies literal disability, spiritual refusal, judgment, prophetic silence, messianic restoration, obedient reception, or renewed praise.
These examples show how Deafness, Muteness, and Opened-Ear/Tongue Imagery functions in biblical language, rhetoric, poetry, prophecy, narrative, or theological imagery.
who maketh the dumb, or deaf
The LORD rules over speech and hearing.
as a deaf man... as a dumb man
David likens his suffering restraint to deafness and muteness.
the deaf shall hear the words of the book
Restored hearing pictures renewed access to revelation.
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped
Messianic renewal includes both hearing restored and the mute tongue singing.
Hear, ye deaf
The summons exposes covenant dullness under the image of deafness.
thy tongue shall cleave to the roof of thy mouth
Prophetic muteness becomes a sign of judgment.
his ears were opened... his tongue was loosed
Jesus restores hearing and speech in a sign of kingdom healing.
a dumb spirit... thou dumb and deaf spirit
The afflicted boy's condition is framed through mute and deaf oppression.
his mouth was opened immediately
Zechariah's muteness and restored speech mark unbelief corrected and praise released.
when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake
Muteness gives way to speech when Jesus delivers the man.
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