Ezekiel 3:5

For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of a hard language, but to the house of Israel—

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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

4He said to me, “Son of man, go to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them.

6not to many peoples of a strange speech and of a hard language, whose words you can’t understand. Surely, if I sent you to them, they would listen to you.

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Cross References

Psalms 81:5He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.

Isaiah 33:19You will no longer see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that you can’t comprehend, with a strange language that you can’t understand.

Ezekiel 43:5The Spirit took me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the LORD’s glory filled the house.

Jonah 3:2“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give 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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