Ezekiel 3:5

For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;

In Context

4And he said to me, Son of man, go now to the children of Israel, and say my words to them.

6Not to a number of peoples whose talk is strange and whose language is hard and whose words are not clear to you. Truly, if I sent you to them they would give ear to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5\81:4\For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

Isaiah 33:19Never again will you see the cruel people, a people whose tongue has no sense for you; whose language is strange to you.

Ezekiel 43:5And the spirit, lifting me up, took me into the inner square; and I saw that the house was full of the glory of the Lord.

Jonah 3:2Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 3:2-16

The Prophet Ordered to Eat the Roll; Instructions Given to the Prophet; The Prophet's Instructions; Ezekiel's Reluctance to Be a Reprover. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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