I don't see what is so stupid about believing the text quoted in the OP. All it is saying is that people who should know better are entrenched in error and that God will strengthen the prophets will so he can effectively confront them.
Secondly Ezekiel was explicitly in a visionary state filled with symbolic imagery. Most people have had dreams filled with more bizzare things than eating paper.
Secondly Ezekiel was explicitly in a visionary state filled with symbolic imagery. Most people have had dreams filled with more bizzare things than eating paper.