Augustine of Hippo

What does that show, if not that God was speaking through the prophet? Now it is we clergy who were above all terrified by the prophet's words, that is, the leaders whom God appointed to speak to his people, and so we begin by seeing our own faces in those words. For as the reader intoned them we had a kind of mirror held up to us in which we could inspect ourselves, and inspect ourselves we did. Inspect yourselves, too, then.

Sermon 17:2 ↗

Jerome

For you are not being sent to the people of deep and difficult language, to the house of Israel, nor to many people of unknown language, whose language you cannot understand. And if I were to send you to them, they would listen to you. Because they do not want to come to you, you go to them. For they do not have a need for a healthy doctor, but for ones who are sick (Luke 5:31). …

Commentary on Ezekiel ↗

Gregory the Dialogist

"And he said to me: Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them." In that the Lord says to the prophet, "You shall speak my words to them," what else does He do but place a bridle of restraint upon his mouth, lest he presume to speak outwardly what he has not first heard inwardly? …

Homilies on Ezekiel, Book 1, Homily 10 ↗