Ezekiel 3:5

For not to a people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue art thou sent, but to the house of Israel;

Leeser Tanakh

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 unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

6Not to many people of an obscure speech and of a difficult tongue, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would truly have hearkened unto thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5(81:6) As a testimony in Joseph did he ordain it, when he went out over the land of Egypt. The language of one I had not known did I hear.

Isaiah 33:19The barbarous people shalt thou not see any more, the people of a speech too obscure to be understood, of a stammering tongue, without meaning.

Ezekiel 43:5Then did the Spirit take me up, and bring me into the inner court: and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation which I shall speak unto thee.

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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