Ezekiel 3:5

For you will be sent, not to a people of profound words or of an unknown language, but to the house of Israel,

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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 to the house of Israel, and you shall speak my words to them.

6and not to many peoples of profound words or of an unknown language, whose words you would not be able to understand. But if you were sent to them, they would listen to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved.

Isaiah 33:19You will not look upon a shameless people, a people of exalted words. For you are not able to understand the dissertation of a tongue in which there is no wisdom.

Ezekiel 43:5And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court. And behold, the house was filled with the glory of the Lord.

Jonah 3:2Rise, and go to Nineveh, the great city. And preach in it the preaching that I say to 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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