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his mouth was opened ... his tongue was freed

These two phrases are word pictures that together emphasize that Zechariah was suddenly able to speak. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

his mouth was opened and his tongue was freed

These phrases can be stated in active form. AT: "God opened his mouth and freed his tongue" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)