Ezekiel 3:6

Not 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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In The King James Version

Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee.

In Context

5For you are not sent to a people whose talk is strange and whose language is hard, but to the children of Israel;

7But the children of Israel will not give ear to you; for they have no mind to give ear to me: for all the children of Israel have a hard brow and a stiff heart.

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Cross References

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.

Matthew 11:20Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

Luke 11:30For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.

Romans 9:30What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

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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