Ezekiel 3:5

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 thy way, and go in to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

6neither to many nations of other speech and other tongues, nor of harsh language, whose words thou wouldest not understand: although if I had sent thee to such, they would have hearkened to thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5They know not, nor understand; 1 They walk on in darkness: 1 All the foundations of the earth shall be shaken. 1

Isaiah 33:19even the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand a people of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears.

Ezekiel 43:5And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the house of the Lord was full of glory.

Jonah 3:2Rise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.

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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